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We are! Indeed we are! 
Doomed, I tell ye. Before you mock me, I worked in "The Square Mile" the City area of London for forty-one years so I've seen with my own eyes what is happening. There is a glut of middle management to higher management jobs where people are dealing with money all the time. There were boom years where everybody wanted to move into the Canary Wharf area about five miles from the City. Like fools, they thought the glory days would last forever. Suddenly people started losing their jobs and the expected 20%+ increase returns on their fancy flats after four years just didn't materialise because people no longer had that sort of money to play with. They had to cut their losses and downgrade. More to the point, they found interest rates on their money was so low, it was no longer viable buying Government bonds. Instead they started buyng fancy "named" watches, while others who couldn't afford fancy jewellery bough Krugerrands or Gold Eagles. Few people wanted a five figure bank balance. It took a while but found it's own level. Some people made on Canary Wharf but a lot more had to cut their losses. That's why I don't save a brass penny. Why get penalised by the Government for having money, when those with absolutely nothing get everything handed to them on a plate. It's the wrong attitude to take, but "If you can't beat 'em ..." As John Laurie would say: "We're doomed, I tell yer... 
