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The Polls - Labour Lead At 14 - Is It The Economy?

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  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Who or what is OsBean?
    Osborne ......
    "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 Muruganantham
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    Osborne ......

    Why not say that then?
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    That's not what she said.

    But you knew the point she was making why bother raising it?
    "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 Muruganantham
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Why not say that then?

    Simply a play on words to bring some light relief to an otherwise dreary thread?
    "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 Muruganantham
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    But you knew the point she was making why bother raising it?

    I doubt she knew the point she was making, it was just a long anti tory - pro labour rant.
  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    LauraW10 wrote: »
    No borrowing is rising. Without the £28 billion from the PO pension fund, £12 billion interest from QE and the £4 billion from 4G the deficit has risen.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20615650

    No point in even trying to have a conversation with a zealot like you. You aren't here to discuss matters but to spew your dogmatic zealot views.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    Simply a play on words to bring some light relief to an otherwise dreary thread?

    Suppose an average 7 year old might find it amusing. I had assumed this board was mainly for grown up though.
  • LauraW10
    LauraW10 Posts: 400 Forumite
    edited 7 December 2012 at 12:02PM
    Wookster wrote: »
    The notion that you can reduce the deficit by borrowing more is just plain stupid.

    There is a good artcile here that might help you understand that government borrowing can help reduce National Debt.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/business/26view.html?_r=0
    If you keep doing what you've always done - you will keep getting what you've always got.
  • BertieUK
    BertieUK Posts: 1,701 Forumite
    LauraW10 wrote: »
    The current government are cutting spending (maybe) but they are also stifling growth. No growth means no tax receipts - which means bigger debts - bigger than a country would have had. That's why austerity doesn't work - it's a death spiral.

    The coalition's biggest failure was smashing business and consumer confidence when they came to power - absolute madness. Labour would not have done that - so yes I believe that things would have been much better under a Labour government.

    The current Government would never admit making a mistake, it is not in their nature to do so, they have an answer for evertyhing but a solution for nothing.

    The Chancellors family business provides him with the wallpaper to patch up the cracks as they develop in the economy.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    BertieUK wrote: »
    The current Government would never admit making a mistake, it is not in their nature to do so, they have an answer for evertyhing but a solution for nothing.

    See you next time you are hanging them up for a u-turn. (I.e, admission of a mistake).
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