And another...

[mirrorshard]

http://society.guardian.co.uk/communities/news/0,16293,1590463,00.html

The government has pledged to create a million more homeowners in this parliament as part of its promotion of asset-owning as way out state dependency.

Our government appears to be going enthusiastically down the Marie Antoinette route. The problem with poverty is not, I can assure you, a lack of things to buy.

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[hellison.livejournal.com]

Until of course interest rates go up/you lose your job/have kids/insert just about anything here, default on the mortgage and have nowhere to go because there aren't enough council houses left and you're hugely in debt. Yay.