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It has struck me over the years that high unemployment was a Conservative goal. Anything to keep wages down. Two things have happened since, one big, one small. Small; the minimum wage. Big; influx of cheap labour through the EU.
Nevertheless, high unemployment is still AOK for those on the right, for as much as anything it gives them something to crow about. Hence the emotive terms such as 'scrounger'. One sad thing about this is that some credit is given for the use of such terms. Sad, but true.
While every effort is being made to appease the self same sector that brought us to fiscal knees, by reducing the work force drastically and replacing the work force's spending power with vague promises that the private sector is sure to flourish. Our innate British bigotry has to be pandered to, this too has worked to some advantage over the years.
One sure way of instilling confidence would be to bring back 'tax rebates' that the newly unemployed used to get and which MT put a stop to. How better could the Government display confidence in it's approach to increasing productivity and growth?
But no.
Far easier to fall back on Victorian Values; the work house, debtors prisons etc.
Tis a pity that I am firmly of the belief that it is the population that is to blame for our present sorry state, after a fashion.
Otherwise I could rail and rail against the constant burdening of the population with blame and responsibility for our current mess. All the while those who cannot duck their true culpability carry on regardless, nay, continue to profit.
If we are to pay out 'X' and get nothing for it why not then pay out '2X' and get some return?
Why does something like the minimum wage turn from a good thing into a rod for the backs of all and any, but 'us'?
The current political philosophy goes all out to invent money from money and does nothing to actually promote the making of anything else, or anything at all. Except a ruckus and a smoke screen.
"Experts fear" And why not, whoever they are. One thing for sure as far as experts and fear goes;they are carriers not sufferers.
