'Mr Hat' couldn't agree more with yr addition here. Some of the trouble with this country & it's inhabitants as well as probably most of western society is that we live to the moment, we rarely put away for a rainy day. I can recall when the Oil industry namely Mobil in my case went thru that new word (at the time) 'restructuring' meaning all of the Tulla employees where given notice & only those that the Co considered 'right' where re-hired. The amount of guys who basicly went to the wall 'cause they lived to the level they where being paid, few had a back-up plan or the forsight that perhaps one day the gravy train was going to be no more. In todays uncertain world everyone needs to have a back-up plan for nothing is forever. Fancy relying on China to help sustain our economic climate, sheeeeez.
Ugly year ahead for sure, & who can we blame for that? It's pretty obvious, ourselves!
My advice to anyone who wants to listen, if you have a stable job DON'T leave it!
Wmk2