Re: What's Going on in the Americas?
Reply #226 –
Well now excuse me but can I remind you of the title of this thread before you rush to condemn me. Can I also remind you that Gt Britain has the fastest growing economy in Europe has greatly reduced unemployment, lessened taxe for low earners and extending that further in the next couple of years. We also plan to raise the minimum wage (try that over the pond and see what happens) , lowering the national debt and so on. As for the £23,000 point it is perfectly possible to live on that and having done much voluntary work in so-called deprived areas (my education job took me into them too) the population was saturated with Sky tv aerials more than one tv set, pc's.One part even had two McDonalds! The Welfare State is a brilliant thing but too many have misued it and instead of it being for the genuine full stop there are many who see it as an alternative to work as the State provides so much including housing benefit and help with city taxes, etc. Too many folk get more from the State but in practical fact equally could exist in a job that paid less than public money. So if they do not have all those extras that is regarded as being in poverty. Especially in england there is too much of this giving subsiding houses in an area they would not normally be living in.
Anyway this is about your dreadful social condition. Seems I keep having to recall the ten figure losing homes annually the 40 million poor in the "world's greatest country", jails crammed -and too harsh sentencing in many cases. You should brag less as a country and stop thumping your chest and solve the big problems. This includes trying to do something with the trillions od debts mounting evry day. Yesterday i watched a news item on large numbers of you lot who are of the opinion the way America is going financially it will collapse not too long in the future. Adverts shown and companies making money out of fear and daft emotional which you seem to be always prone too. So boy stop giving the guff and dishing out guff rom your corporate controlled politicians and media and think for yourself and maybe this thread about the Americas would be a bit better and more sensible. Always the same when anything re a thread on the wonderful US of A is challenged The sensible ex-colonists know the truth but the rest are dummies and soak in what they are brained into so grit you teeth boy, wave the flag and look heroic as that will be easier than accpeting the hard facts and the future mess coming!.