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Posted by
grouser (Ludlow, United Kingdom) on 11 October 2011 in Art & Design.

A bit of beach art for ST
Keeping with the silly Tuesday theme I have been musing on the conundrum of quantitative easing. Here in the UK the Bank of England announced a fresh injection of cash into the economy last week of 75 Billion. This is on top of the 200 billion squirted in at the first crisis. Now my understanding is that in the UK (unlike the US) a billion is a million million. With a population of sixty million or so the total yields about 4 million each for every man woman and child in the UK with enough change left over to build a few schools and hospitals on the side. As the money is supposed to increase spending and investment, I'm wondering where my share has gone. I certainly haven't seen a hint of it :)

NIKON COOLPIX P7000 1/950 second F/3.2 ISO 100 28 mm (35mm equiv.)

Comments (19)

GunnShotPhotos from Fresno, United States

Fantastic Silly Happiness! Thanks for making me smile!

11 Oct 2011 6:21am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

"Qualitative Easing"-printing money=inflation creator. What I've "enjoyed" about this recession is the way that Billion and Trillion have entered our vocab with such ease. Me, rather than Billions and Trillions, I like to think of Brazilians.

11 Oct 2011 7:15am

@CElliottUK: :)

omid from mashhad, Iran

nice

11 Oct 2011 8:43am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

When the opportunity presents itself what can you do, I love it, that looks like my hair on a wet day ;)

11 Oct 2011 10:02am

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Fun capture. Unfortunately, when the tide comes in it will be much like what has happened to your share of that cash!

11 Oct 2011 11:01am

@Stephen: Nicely put :)

Heinz from Hamm, Germany

da fragt man sich wo das ganze Geld herkommt.
Dieses Foto ist gut gemacht.

11 Oct 2011 11:08am

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

I know another bloke who looks like this, his name is Portland Bill. He was not an economist :-)
Oh, and your share was eaten up by the inflation that printing money inevitably causes.

11 Oct 2011 12:39pm

ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States

Wouldn't it be less expensive to send everyone an M9-35 LUX?...I might consider a return to the mother country. Afraid all you're getting is the rocks ; ] best…jf

11 Oct 2011 1:00pm

Jason Politte from Conway, AR, United States

A billion's not a million million over here - what? When did I miss that memo? LOL Great Silly Tuesday image and commentary Grouser.

11 Oct 2011 1:06pm

@Jason Politte: It's a bit like your gallons, they're smaller :)

Mike from London, United Kingdom

I think we have adopted the American definition of a billion in the UK too, i.e. 1000x1,000,000. Hence the number of billionaires around these days..... Which is £4000 pp. Still pretty frightening since we didn't borrow anything.
What I don't understand is, surely we aren't "giving" the banks this money, and they will have to pay it back one day....with interest....

11 Oct 2011 2:21pm

@Mike: Good grief what next. Trunks and fenders on cars and colour without a 'U' :0

Don - Slackwater from Spokane, United States

Fine ST picture…. I like it! We stimulated the banks when it crisis mode and now the big banks have bought up or closed all but four major banks in this country: CitiGroup, Bank of America, Well Fargo, and Chase.
Banks continue to give bonuses, big retirement packages and all the perks while the average American feels the crunch.

11 Oct 2011 3:01pm

@Don - Slackwater: Pretty much the same as here Don and the banks are lobbying like mad to avoid legislation that ring fences the high street away from the speculation side. This would mean they couldn't hold the country to ransom again, and of course the government is listening (to the bankers that is).

Philip from South Wales, United Kingdom

Its not real numbers don't worry. You need to worry more when cucumbers cost more than a £1!!!!!!!!!

11 Oct 2011 5:47pm

DULCIE from Danville, CA, United States

Clever shot. I see you had to have something to do, as you couldn't count all your money.
If you ever see a million or so, let us know !!

11 Oct 2011 7:02pm

Judy aka L@dybug from Brooksville, FL, United States

I don't know what is sillier, the funny face of the many comments.
When you take a break from counting your $$$, go see if the tide washed away your smile! ;D

11 Oct 2011 8:46pm

Christel from Köln, Germany

Good evening Grouser,
A fun motif for the day. Money alone does not happy, but it calmed down. I understand your point.
My wishes for you a lot of money and a trip around the world. The next wishes for you, all the best and health. Dear greetings from Christel

11 Oct 2011 9:10pm

Jaap from Friesland, Netherlands

Nice beach art, well frames.

11 Oct 2011 9:20pm

Andrea from Regina, Canada

Ha ha. Both the pic and the caption. You'd better write the gov't for your cheque!

11 Oct 2011 10:04pm

Rick from Toronto, Canada

I say "give grouser his share" and let's have a lot more smiling beach faces in the sand!

11 Oct 2011 11:18pm

kiwisa from North Shore, New Zealand

A friendly face for a beach walk;)

12 Oct 2011 12:45am

next day →

NIKON COOLPIX P7000
1/950 second
F/3.2
ISO 100
28 mm (35mm equiv.)

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