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By Samantha Bartlett
It’s all doom and gloom at the minute. Each morning as I glance over the headlines, while devouring my bowl of (economy) cornflakes at the breakfast table, I am greeted by that horrid word: RECESSION. Urgh. It’s everywhere. It’s like an annoying insect that you just can’t manage to swat. It’s a pain, basically.
But it seems to be everyone’s favourite subject at the moment. I can’t even remember what we used to talk about before the whole ‘credit crunch’ came about. And quite frankly it’s getting BORING.
I don’t want the fact that I might lose my job shoved down my throat by a dozen pompous politicians, who are only moaning because they have to down-grade their 10-bedroom mansion, into a 9-bedroom one. They have no idea was things are really like for the everyday chap anyway. Gordon Brown and his minted mates sit in their flash offices, drinking their luxury coffee, talking on behalf of ‘the people’, but they wouldn’t know was we really wanted if we shouted it in their faces.
What we want is to get on with our life, making positive steps, rather than being told we should be worrying about ten-hundred things a second. The average person already has enough worry to fill their plates- without this extra serving. No wonder more and more people are being treated for depression than ever.
All we have to do is make a few cutbacks - I’m sure, most of you will agree there is one area of your budget where you over-indulge each month. But would it really hurt to get the Asda biscuits rather that the Cadbury ones?
 But instead of giving us practical advice like this, the old Gordy goes and tells us to SPEND SPEND SPEND. Has he actually gone mad? This is not a solution- it’s a quick fix. He’s like a yoyo diet: you lose all the weight, only to find you’ve out on half a stone more than you began with in the first place! And that’s exactly what we do if we let our credit cards run riot- we’ll just be in much worse debt ten years down the line.
News comes today that crime and forgery rates are at an all-time high- which is of no surprise considering the panic created by Brown and his posse. People are being worried into desperation- and with no practical advice on hand; they are taking (quite literally) measures into their own hands.
We all just next to RELAX, and try to remember that your bank account isn’t the only thing in your life. It doesn’t greet you with a cup of tea when you come in, or run you a bath – as the famous song tells us ‘the best things in life are free’. I think we all need to listen to that song… on repeat… at full volume! Then, maybe people will realise that this ‘credit crunch’ is not the end of the word- it will pass, like similar situations have passed before. Then the next thing you know, you’ll be enjoying the tempting taste of Cadbury’s all over again.
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