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Originally Posted by dellwear
I see where you're coming from, but how can these countries be expected to compete in the "world market" thats been created with the tiny amounts of money they have?
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They've got a huge advantage with the world market. That's why coffee companies, nike, several banks and other companies have so many employees over there.
Cheap labour force relative to the UK for instance when you take the exchange rate into account.
Excellent export oppertunities if they have a manufacturing base.
People get worked up that in some parts of the world the average wage is $1 a month, but fail to take into account in those parts you can buy a house for $12 (ok made that figure up but you get the gist of what I mean)
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Originally Posted by dellwear
I guess you can't please all of the people all of the time 
edit I wonder what the x million who are back in work think?  |
Exactly how has the gov managed to do that?
Haven't heard of any tax incentives for companies like Nissan recently.
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Originally Posted by delwear
If a teacher slaps a student in a school in Manchester at 9.00am while the minister for Education is in a meeting in Southampton, how on earth can you hold that minister responsible for the incident? I just cant see the direct link  |
It is the minister's responsibility to see that something is done about it, ie an investigation and the teacher dealt with.
If the minister fails to do this, then they are not doing their job.
If I remember correctly about the immigration case, the whistle blower has been suspended, and the civil servants who were involved in letting it happen are getting off scott free.
And then you have the minister responsible for the civil service refusing to do his job.