General Politics Discussion

[ac3r]

That really shows how much of a global issue it is. If you compare similar statistics for other nations like the UK and US, we see a similar rise in costs starting in about the mid 1990s but a slow wage growth elsewhere, too. The problems are obviously within the system itself. But again, immigration and other movements of human beings at the rates we see now haven't helped either. How the government looked at its statistics relative to the problems we're facing in regards to the cost of living, then just shrugged their shoulders with the conclusion "another million or two won't be THAT noticeable" is beyond belief.

I'm just waiting to witness the collapse of it all. The people that bought homes in the last 5-10 years are going to be in for one hell of a rude awakening when they one day realize their 975'000+ dollar shoe box sized condo isn't worth the drywall they're made from. I can only hope that we see some sort of catastrophic, global economic collapse because at least there may be potential for some degree of "reset", even if it brings in more suffering for a period of time. What we have now isn't sustainable - or sane. You look at the value of property, gold, silver, financial stock markets etc and those charts can look impressive, but then you question whether it makes any sense.