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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
I always thought that the Iron Lady was the worst PM this country has ever had, I now say that the Odd Couple of Cameron and Clegg are worse that the old lady.
Since the coalition started between these puppets of misery, Unemployment has soared up, the UK is being stripped of all services, the police forces all over the UK are being stripped to the bare minumum.
The poor, disabled, NHS is being hit severely, and now they are divided on how we are to vote in future, I will vote for who l want, and l wont be told who to vote for.
We have now a new benefit system that will hit everyone,. They say that there is plenty of work out there, WHERE.
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It is indeed rather ironic they clamp down on benefits during a period of high unemployment, as I imagine the timing many people will see through the claims there is work out there. But lets make no mistake they on a mission and wont stop at anything, one reason these are been rushed through so brutally is that the tories are only in power on a knife edge, they could easily lose again in the next election. So they squishing it all in 4 years. Obviously on the voting system its in their interests to maintain FPTP, imagine having an election where you no longer guaruantueed 100s of seats. Poor lord ashcroft would have to fund campaigns everywhere instead of just the few areas that have a say in democracy. Labour in the same boat also, they would fight to keep FPTP as well.
The policy is clear to see and its a policy of survival of the fittest. capitalism in its pure form is just about that, the fittest work, get money and can get very rich from doing so. Those at the bottom are told to be independent to not rely on the state and as such get lost in the system. Cutting the public sector is so taxes can be reduced and the most well off are the prime beneficiaries, lower paid workers will initially think they gaining but then will lose out on the public services impact. Consumption taxes push up inflation, and is another way of making people feel richer than what they are, people pay less income tax and think they richer as a result, they are until they buy something at inflated prices. To say they worse than thatcher I cant comment on tho as I was very young then, I do remember a few things tho, like the milk been taken away from schools, like waiting in a hospital an entire day to get a broken arm treated, that hospital had 100s of people waiting sitting on the floor in a big room, it was like crowded medical areas you see in some tv shows during war etc. What I dont remember is when things were really bad in the early 80s as I was a toddler. Thatcher's success was skewed by the fact she had north sea oil subsidising revenues and very nearly lost power quickly if it wasnt for the falklands war.