Originally posted by wendigo100
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Originally posted by DiverC'mon, Mr Gordon Brown has worked hard under extremely difficult conditions to generate a stable economy in a country that is constantly on the Razor edge of rampant inflation. of all people, contractors should realize the effect that inflation running riot has on a fragile economy.
We are no longer a producing nation, we are a nation of service not supply.
Our Population percentage grows ever older as people live longer lives, needing financial support for a longer term from a state that cannot afford it.
Unless action (sometimes distastefull action) is taken now, we will see a nation torn apart by rampant inflation.
People taking wheelbarrow loads of worthless money to the shops to buy food that we have to import from so called third world countries whose economies have remained relatively stable because they produce.
The reason why we are no longer a producing nation is because we choose to waste vast amounts of wealth on inefficient public services. This is as responsible for creating inflationary pressures as anything. We also as a nation have a govt that seeks to meddle in everything we do, which has the effect of hiking labour costs. Because we choose to pay 4 million people to do nothing and then another several million administering people who do nothing, we have to then import labour to do the real jobs. These people need to be housed thus making land too expensive to build manufacturing facilities.
All that will happen is that people will grab their wealth and take it and their skills to where the jobs and standards of living are (thank you globalisation). This will leave the UK to take a long look at itself, kick out socialism (ak Thatcher) and make itself look an attractive place for people to live and invest.
Gordon Brown knows this but it goes against the grain of his socialist controlling nature.
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Originally posted by cojak..and he's stolen their pensions without most of them noticing. The man put Derren Brown in the shade!
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Originally posted by DiverI like Brown, he is a man of the people for the people!
His contributions to the stability of the UK's economy are legendary
He has improved the lot of many people
He has helped raise the standard of living
He has generated foreign investment
Reduced the national debt
Staved off recession
Improved the image of UK politics
..and he's stolen their pensions without most of them noticing. The man put Derren Brown in the shade!
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Originally posted by DiverI like Brown, he is a man of the people for the people!
His contributions to the stability of the UK's economy are legendary
He has improved the lot of many people
He has helped raise the standard of living
He has generated foreign investment
Reduced the national debt
Staved off recession
Improved the image of UK politics
This is not attributable to Gordon Brown it is attributable to technology and globalisation that enables business and entrepreneurs to operate out of the clutches of governments.
The things that the govt should have done is to improve public services and bring the poor into this loop of wealth, and this they quite clearly have not done.
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Originally posted by wendigo100Has anyone read "Fantasy Island" by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson? Brown's economic miracle is exposed for what it really is.
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Originally posted by DiverI like Brown, he is a man of the people for the people!
His contributions to the stability of the UK's economy are legendary
He has improved the lot of many people
He has helped raise the standard of living
He has generated foreign investment
Reduced the national debt
Staved off recession
Improved the image of UK politics
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Originally posted by BuffoonCould it be that the Perception Filter from Dr Who or the Somebody Else's Problem field from Hitchhiker's is a reality?
We are no longer a producing nation, we are a nation of service not supply.
Our Population percentage grows ever older as people live longer lives, needing financial support for a longer term from a state that cannot afford it.
Unless action (sometimes distastefull action) is taken now, we will see a nation torn apart by rampant inflation.
People taking wheelbarrow loads of worthless money to the shops to buy food that we have to import from so called third world countries whose economies have remained relatively stable because they produce.
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Originally posted by TrollThere seems to be a collective amnesia affecting the nation regarding Brown and Nu New Labour.
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Originally posted by TrollThere seems to be a collective amnesia affecting the nation regarding Brown and Nu New Labour.
All the media are fawning rather than pointing out just what he has been jointly responsible for during these last ten years.
His contributions to the stability of the UK's economy are legendary
He has improved the lot of many people
He has helped raise the standard of living
He has generated foreign investment
Reduced the national debt
Staved off recession
Improved the image of UK politics
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Originally posted by KyajaeWhen it comes to minimising tax, there's obviously one rule for contractors, and a much better rule for El Gordo. See this
Don't be fooled people. It's just the last ten years of Neu Leiber bu11sh1it repackaged to make it smell nicer.
All the media are fawning rather than pointing out just what he has been jointly responsible for during these last ten years.
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The Two Faces of El Gordo
When it comes to minimising tax, there's obviously one rule for contractors, and a much better rule for El Gordo. See this
Don't be fooled people. It's just the last ten years of Neu Leiber bu11sh1it repackaged to make it smell nicer.Tags: None
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