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legaleagle  21 Feb 15 12.14pm |
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At the end of the day, inequality in the UK has risen not decreased and appears to continue to do so,which means the majority suffer rather than benefit from this.So,its interesting how so much of the debate doesn't seem to place introducing policies to really tackle this meaningfully as a high and desirable priority,but focuses instead on those who have not been the beneficiaries of increased inequality. Edited by legaleagle (21 Feb 2015 12.17pm)
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 matt_himself Matataland 21 Feb 15 1.01pm |
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Quote legaleagle at 21 Feb 2015 12.14pm
At the end of the day, inequality in the UK has risen not decreased and appears to continue to do so,which means the majority suffer rather than benefit from this.So,its interesting how so much of the debate doesn't seem to place introducing policies to really tackle this meaningfully as a high and desirable priority,but focuses instead on those who have not been the beneficiaries of increased inequality. Edited by legaleagle (21 Feb 2015 12.17pm) Due to the Eurozone problems, problems in Russia and the results of the Arab Spring, it has been noticeable that a lot of rich expats have settled in London in recent years. This coupled with London being viewed as a safe country to reside in by wealth Asians and Arabs, I would bet that this factor would have made a difference in the results garnered by he G7 in the report your reference. Britains wealth equality is difficult to measure because of its history of accommodating wealthy immigrants fleeing from conflicts or despotic regimes.
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| serial thriller The Promised Land 22 Feb 15 3.39pm |
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Quote Johnny Eagles at 20 Feb 2015 3.08pm
2. On "Austerity" I am reading a book about Suez at the moment. What is striking is how Eden and co pursued the illusion of "global influence" at a massive cost to Britain to virtually no worthwhile effect. I think this is true of lefties who think Britain should be funding every last "Good Cause" there is in the world, from giving weapons to Ukraine to defeating global warming to ending human rights abuses in Saudia Arabia. When challenged, the refrain is often "we're the 6th richest country in the world". (Actually we're not, we have the 6th biggest economy, but let's put that to one side.) My point is, if we don't sort out our economy - and the Tories, for all their boasting, have not made a dent in levels of public spending we simply cannot afford - you can have all the good intentions you want, but they won't make a blind bit of difference. I think the "austerity" Britain has experienced isn't worthy of the name and doesn't compare to what will happen - think Greece but worse - if we don't get a handle on our over-indebted, under-educated and under-productive economy in the next few decades.
I'll admit that using the word bloodthirsty is a bit much. But I do consider the Tories heartless, because they seem to be able to ignore and neglect fundamental ethics which I hold sacred. Sure, this is because they abide by a very different mentality to mine, but it is one which tolerates, like I said, death on a fairly large scale. Re austerity, I agree that if the purpose of austerity is to reduce our budget deficit then the levels to which it's been implemented are beyond a joke. That's why I think this story is so fascinating: because it is an almost explicit admission that the austerity we have in this country is far more ideological than it is explicitly economic. No government would ever implement true austerity because it would absolutely cripple society, it would mean absolutely slashing pensions, probably scrapping trident (which many on the left forget would be an austerity measure), getting rid of the NHS and much worse. Your idea of sorting out the economy is an intriguing one. What would a fixed economy look like? Have we/any country with our economic level ever possessed a fixed economy? To my mind Capitalism necessitates an unstable economy, because it needs a tension in worker/owner relationships to function. Edited by serial thriller (22 Feb 2015 3.41pm)
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