Quote Originally Posted by Brenus View Post
“If a private business went bust, we wouldn't expect to invest public money in to that business”
Are we living in the same UK than me or are you from a Parallel World? The Banks, all of them Private, were bailed out by Public Money… The Railways in UK are saved every year by Public Money which made them more expensive to run than if they were National…
In fact Businesses expect Public Money to recover from loses but are against taxes when profits and even taxes evade as much as possible. That is their “support the Troops” for you.
The banks were bought using public money. They weren't soft loans - they bought new shares. They weren't free - they charged for insurance that cost billions that looks like won't be required.

Which businesses expect these bail outs? Oh yes - we had loads of those in the 1970's under... oh yes, Labour.