Popular Post hk blues Posted April 4, 2020 Popular Post Posted April 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Jack Peterson said: The Yearly increase is part of the Agreement we have with the PI on Social Security, it is Bigger than normal ( around 2.5%) because of Brexit as was promised because of the reduction in EU payments. For Once the UK Government have kept their word. Slightly off topic but... I'm not in any sense of the world a political person but I'll stand up and say well done to the UK Government's response to this pandemic - 80% of salary to all employees and self-employed covered. Absolutely well played. We can cut through the BS and ask the important questions - do we provide free education, healthcare and welfare support for our population - yes. We may not be the greatest nation on earth anymore, but we sure do a great job getting the basics more or less right. And that's from a Jock! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimeve Posted April 4, 2020 Posted April 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, hk blues said: And that's from a Jock! And you, Scotland, Northern Ireland and wales get free prescriptions. But not England. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffH Posted April 4, 2020 Posted April 4, 2020 2 hours ago, jimeve said: And you, Scotland, Northern Ireland and wales get free prescriptions. But not England. Australia gets free prescriptions too... It’s probably that stiff upper lip, can’t get the pills past it 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 9 hours ago, GeoffH said: Australia gets free prescriptions too... It’s probably that stiff upper lip, can’t get the pills past it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy79 Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 12 hours ago, jimeve said: And you, Scotland, Northern Ireland and wales get free prescriptions. But not England. No such a thing as free. All paid for out of our health budget, it's just a redirection of funds. In England only a few people also pay as it's free to low income families, students, pensioners and also certain illnesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, Snowy79 said: , pensioners and that is over 60's you can still get it if working as long as you are over 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted April 5, 2020 Forum Support Posted April 5, 2020 15 hours ago, OnMyWay said: So now I found another one to have fun with. It is SDS, a 2X leveraged S&P 500 inverse ETF. It moves opposite of the S&P 500 index. So if the S&P 500 goes down 1%, this will go up 2%. If S&P 500 goes up 1%, this will go down 2%. I suggest you might invest in whoever makes Zantrex ( which is now off the market?) or some sort of anti-heartburn, indigestion med...? Just a thought.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 14 hours ago, jimeve said: And you, Scotland, Northern Ireland and wales get free prescriptions. But not England. Now, I didn't know that, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Tommy T. said: I suggest you might invest in whoever makes Zantrex ( which is now off the market?) or some sort of anti-heartburn, indigestion med...? Just a thought.... Actually, now that you mention it, relative to the overall market, many pharmaceutical companies are doing ok. Working on tests, vaccines, cures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted April 5, 2020 Forum Support Posted April 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, OnMyWay said: Actually, now that you mention it, relative to the overall market, many pharmaceutical companies are doing ok. Working on tests, vaccines, cures. That is certainly an investment for the future, I agree... And you need to figure out now, which one or ones will come up with the winner? However now I am just going to continue to hole up here personally and also sit tight with the investments I have remaining. If I had some extra cash that was "disposable,"I would seriously consider some "bottom feeding" investments... But I have become rather conservative mostly in recent years... So I will just now continue to invest in food and Tanduay... because they both make me feel a bit better!!! And still lots of movie to watch and the internet seems to work sometimes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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