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10b more welfare cuts on the way.
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grizzly1911 wrote: »Cut overseas aid an spending on wars first,. Then really tackle tax avoidance both corporate and personal. Then I would be more sympathetic to random welfare cuts, that often affect those least able to cope, not the targets.
We the British will always come to the aid of countries in distress, but when we find ourselves in the position we are in at present, charity begins at home first.
regards
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We the British will always come to the aid of countries in distress, but when we find ourselves in the position we are in at present, charity begins at home first.
regards
Bob
I sometimes wonder if the billions in aid that is collected by so many charities actually reaches the intended people.0 -
A freeze on indexing of benefits would be my guess.0
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But then the country would be in meltdown.0
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"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »The country is in meltdown.
No, it was in meltdown in the spring of 2010. Now it is essentially stable but not yet ready for recommissioning.No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
Kennyboy66 wrote: »Utter tripe.
In 1960 Malaysia was the third biggest recipient of UK aid.
It was still receiving approx $200m per year (from all countries) in 2006.
If Malaysia was the 16th richest nation in 2000, what has gone wrong since, as it appears to be roughly in the 60's ranked by GDP per capita
source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29_per_capita
Likewise South Korea did not decline aid. It had huge US aid pumped into it after the Korean war.
Between 1946 and 1978 the USA gave South Korea approx $60bn in grants and soft loans - roughly the same as the US provided to the whole of Africa in the same period.
Undoubtedly Korea didn't squander this aid like many African Kleptocracies, but to suggest it declined aid is simply laughable.
Did Marshall aid infantilise Europeans after the second world war ?
Aid funding to South Korea from 1945 to the early 1990s constituted 12.7 billion USD in grants and loans
http://www.unrisd.org/80256B42004CCC77/(httpInfoFiles)/E393AE7C41415370C12579EB0031B710/$file/KOICA%20wkshp-rev.pdf
Malaysia and S Korea did accept some aid and yes in some years it was substantial but the point is they largely declined aid in comparison with other nations and largely set about building from within, negating the need for infantalising middle class white people to 'manage' them.
Aid has an appauling record and dumbs people down. Worst of all it allow inefectual Governance to persist.
You carry on pretending aid is of proportionate benefit if you wish, I guess it makes you feel like a grand moral aganet regardless of total outcomes.
Black people still need rescuing by white missionaries I guess.0 -
GeorgeHowell wrote: »No, it was in meltdown in the spring of 2010. Now it is essentially stable but not yet ready for recommissioning.
Why the optimism?
There are still far too many variables at play with no resolution to say we are stable.
Europe, banks are still under pressure from all quarters, national debt increasing, debt servicing costs increasing even at low interest levels, PFI liabilities and student debt off balance sheet, unemployed claimant count increasing, unemployment falling largely through part time low paid work, overly optimistic forecasts for tax revenue and welfare costs.......
Whilst exports have risen marginally in the last two years the balance of trade deteriorates."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Why the optimism?
There are still far too many variables at play with no resolution to say we are stable.
Europe, banks are still under pressure from all quarters, national debt increasing, debt servicing costs increasing even at low interest levels, PFI liabilities and student debt off balance sheet, unemployed claimant count increasing, unemployment falling largely through part time low paid work, overly optimistic forecasts for tax revenue and welfare costs.......
Whilst exports have risen marginally in the last two years the balance of trade deteriorates.
In spring 2010 under Labour the country was on the brink of bankruptcy. Now it isn't. Unexpected external factors could turn things for the worse, but that not controllable. Labour is doing a good job of duping the gullible into forgetting what an unholy shambles they created and turning blame onto the ones who have been trying to sort it out.No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0
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