My best friend has been out of work for two months. My girlfriends dad and brother both work at the same place, they have had there working week reduced to 3 days.
I used to spend �50 a week on food shopping about 8 months ago. Now I spend about �70 a week and that is with stuff knocked off my normal list (treats like puddings and biscuits and such)
Im a refuse collector so luckily i wont be out of a job, as long as people keep chucking stuff out.
This time last year I had about �500 in tips off the general public, now with only a week left until I break up ive only got �100.
Its hitting everybody hard I think, They have dropped interest rates so I would imagine that even the rich who may live off interest of there money are also "suffering".
When you think about it logically there are people who are paid by goverments to watch and report on money, to think that they never seen this coming.........nah I cant believe that for a second. This reccesion is man made.
A very scarey movie to watch that explains how money works is called "Zeitgeist Addendum"
You can watch it free on google video. After watching that you will understand that there is no excuses why we are here.