The Murdoch Dividend and the UK Government Spending Cuts

[Strike For The South]

Idahos a ginger?

[gaelic cowboy]

There's a few of us about Strike

[Rhyfelwyr]

There's a few of us about Strike

I'm not alone! There are far too many gingers in the Backroom it would seem, proportionally speaking.

[tibilicus]

I think it was Francis Fukuyama who described world economic integration and liberalisation and capitalism as "the end of history", meaning that no other system could effectively take its place ever. It would appear it really is the end of history as any remnant of what was the post-war consensus/ social society is finally washed away for good.

The thing is, I find it hard to be genuinely mad. Simply put, there is no alternative, despite what some might say. The current debt levels are as bad as the ones in the 1970s which effectively saw us become a bankrupt nation. Yes, universities will become unobtainable for some, single mums may now have to get jobs and we're all probably going to have to work a lot longer. We can either suffer a hit to public services and see the state shrink, or accept higher taxes. I know which choice I would prefer.

[gaelic cowboy]

The current debt levels are as bad as the ones in the 1970s which effectively saw us become a bankrupt nation.

Actually it's worse in a way as the debt this time is Private and Public.

In a really crude sense both ends of the river are clogged and the water ie credit has drained away due to it being spent basically

[gaelic cowboy]

I'm not alone! There are far too many gingers in the Backroom it would seem, proportionally speaking.

Come to the darkside or should that be redside we have cake

[Idaho]

Idahos a ginger?

I am most certainly not! I've had some insults over the years in this forum, but that's well OTT.