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The more sinister side of Brexit
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostSo there we have it. Its tough that we let china and half the developing world build stuff for almost slave labour money and as a result we have no work for our own lower classes. They will just have to sit on their arse and be poor. (not that they can because we are in the middle of making work pay...)
I'm pretty sure that executing our own Monarch and having a Civil war in the middle ages was pretty damn unnecessary too. But the problem is the poor don't really care about economics and our comfort and want a change. Im not so selfish to deny them that right just because Im better off than them.
Footnote: the Civil War and execution of Charles I did not occur in the Middle Ages.Comment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostThe biggest problem in the West is what to do with the 52% of people of below average intelligence in an economy that pays highly only for strong cognitive skills or entrepreneurship. But withdrawing from the world only makes the problem worse.
Citation needed.See You Next TuesdayComment
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Originally posted by Lance View Post52% below average?
Citation needed.
Yes I do know about the Gaussian and how it works ...Last edited by sasguru; 17 October 2017, 15:26.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostActually I do live in the middle of nowhere...
Its far from boring. I can do all the usual country stuff and pop into the surrounding nice cities and get trains to most places and I even have an international airport not too far away... The problem is we have not set the infrastructure up in this country to populate every square foot. We have hundreds of crapy bottlenecks all over the place.
Been more than happy with the Eastern Europeans that have been here they have washed my cars fantastically and put lots into the local economies... But the point is their gains were some local businesses lost trade. You cannot / should not expect to screw up another classes income base and not expect a kickback for hurting them...
There is a bloody good reason the youngsters are earning bugger all and that is we let outsourcing and immigration subdue wage growth...
One thing I can guarantee is that the people who voted Brexit because they thought foreigners were stealing their jobs will be a lot worse off.
As Norman Tebbit says they need to get off their fat backsides, get themselves some training and get a decent job instead whining. Margaret Thatcher would have called them moaning minnies.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostEU Referendum Results - BBC News
Yes I do know about the Gaussian and how it works ...
I slipped into the 52% briefly there....See You Next TuesdayComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostBarriers won't work, you have to compete in global markets. In any case businesses don't simply pay the lowest wage they can get away with. There are numerous academic studies to show that simply isn't the case.
One thing I can guarantee is that the people who voted Brexit because they thought foreigners were stealing their jobs will be a lot worse off.
As Norman Tebbit says they need to get off their fat backsides, get themselves some training and get a decent job instead whining. Margaret Thatcher would have called them moaning minnies.See You Next TuesdayComment
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Looks like Brexit no deal is now completely off the table, which was the only slither of hope left for a real Brexit.
Brexit no deal not possible
There will be lots of gnashing of teeth and then the UK will cave into whatever demands the EU have made.
Not only will it be a sh*te deal the EU will probably drag their heels which will maximise damage to the UK as companies flee the uncertainty of how sh*te the deal is going to be.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostSo there we have it. Its tough that we let china and half the developing world build stuff for almost slave labour money and as a result we have no work for our own lower classes. They will just have to sit on their arse and be poor. (not that they can because we are in the middle of making work pay...)
I'm pretty sure that executing our own Monarch and having a Civil war in the middle ages was pretty damn unnecessary too. But the problem is the poor don't really care about economics and our comfort and want a change. Im not so selfish to deny them that right just because Im better off than them.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostThe biggest problem in the West is what to do with the 52% of people of below average intelligence in an economy that pays highly only for strong cognitive skills or entrepreneurship. But withdrawing from the world only makes the problem worse.Comment
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