Sorry if this is a bit long, I will try and explain this as best I can…

My partner’s brother is now in his mid 60’s and is a drug addict. He has been in prison for drug dealing both in the UK and abroad on and off serving approx 10-15 years. He doesn’t drug deal any more but is addicted to them. I am not sure what he is taking, but I think it is Coke and Heroine. He hears voices and shakes uncontrollably, all the time, he has no pride in his appearance and has lost most of his teeth and basically looks a mess.

In his prime he was a very handsome man, he had property, fast cars, a beautiful wife and son. According to my partner, he was incredibly arrogant and rather than work for it like the rest of it, he chose a different path by selling drugs and making alot of money quickly. Well he’s lost everything. He lives with his mother who is in her 80’s. He sleeps during the day and every 2-3 days buys more drugs – we are assuming with money he is getting from benefits (he has not worked since his last stint in prison 12 years ago), OR that his mother gives him some of her pension.

He keeps saying he is going to, as he puts, it "turn a corner" and that he is close to giving up, but these are just empty words. My partner confronted him and said, OK if you’re going to give up, give me a time limit, well of course he couldn’t do that.

is it too late? Can we help him? If so, what can we do if he won’t help himself?

to sell off all this toxic bank debt, why aren’t we doing that????

The biggest reason why the UK, Europe and many other Countries are burdened with exceptionally high levels of public debt is because we have taken on the debt liabilities of our banks.

These debts are mortgaged against commercial, industrial and residential property. We need to get all this property sold off as quickly as possible, even if it means only getting getting half of their previously over-inflated value.

The banks could then write down the losses and the investors who will lose that money will have to accept that as a part of doing business.

It is ridiculous to expect ordinary working-class people to bear the brunt of the excesses of reckless lending. All Governments from Greece to USA should be getting the message: sell, sell, sell…

Spending cuts and Tax increases won’t cut the deficit, we need to sell off all this toxic bank debt, why aren’t we doing that????

The biggest reason why the UK, Europe and many other Countries are burdened with exceptionally high levels of public debt is because we have taken on the debt liabilities of our banks.

These debts are mortgaged against commercial, industrial and residential property. We need to get all this property sold off as quickly as possible, even if it means only getting getting half of their previously over-inflated value.

The banks could then write down the losses and the investors who will lose that money will have to accept that as a part of doing business.

It is ridiculous to expect ordinary working-class people to bear the brunt of the excesses of reckless lending. All Governments from Greece to USA should be getting the message: sell, sell, sell…
You need to read the question Bob…