How does UK make money?
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Do you honestly want me to sit here for an hour and list all the things about the UK which are pretty cool and wouldn't be here if we were not a developed nation with a decent economy? Seriously?
National Parks
Police
Fire
NHS
Social Services
Welfare
Road Network
Streetlights
Water on tap to almost the entire country
Well established power grid
Excellent health and safety record/legislation
Transport networks with high safety standards
blah blah blah etc etc. I could go on but you must surely see the point.
You even admit that stuff exists yourself by constantly bleating about the 'vindicative cuts' - there wouldn't be anything to cut if we had a basket case economy with zero wealth.
[TW]Fox;24833804 said:
Yes I do but it's all relative to your income or wealth, and it is becoming very quickly indeed becoming "divided Britain", with essentially one nation for some people and a very different one for the rest.
Aside from the fact that many developing nations have national parks, many of the things you describe are basic needs for life and society and are found in many parts of the world. I have no doubts that there are benefits to being on the lower socio-economic end of things here to other places, but then that's not to say that everything is just fine because of it. Far from it.
Is a well established power grid the pinnacle of our society when poor sections of our elderly half freeze in winter?
Poor sections of the elderly in Switzerland half-freeze in winter. What's your point? No country has completely solved all of these problems. I'm sure, however, that Scotland would have them all nailed in a few weeks come independence.
Almost all of the things I listed are available to all irrepsective of income or wealth.
And yet in many parts of the world they have none of them. I wonder what they'd think about us complaining about the UK? I wonder how many properties in Chad have running water and a connection to the power grid, let alone the other things in the list? Exports high value stuff, does Chad. Doesn't seem like the people who live there see as much of the benefit of its production capacity as we do of ours here in the UK, does it?
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Not sure if trolls or stupid, I find that those who moan the most haven't actually left the country.
Go visit a 3rd world country and report back.
Go visit a 3rd world country and report back.
Or those who blame their own failings on other people such as the government....
[TW]Fox;24833804 said:
Most things you have quoted there are either under going massive cuts, in need of investment, or owned by foreign companies.
If you consider we should use a third world country as our benchmark then fair enough.
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Banking and weapons seem to be good little earners.
Not sure how thats relevant to my point, which is that they exist in the first place as a result of the wealth in our economy.
Not sure how thats relevant to my point, which is that they exist in the first place as a result of the wealth in our economy.
Not sure how thats relevant to my point, which is that they exist in the first place as a result of the wealth in our economy.
What else would you use as an example of a country where the common man sees none of the benefits of the wealth it generates? It is generally only third world countries which fall into that definition!
Wow, here it was me thinking the result was from people with a social conciseness, and being progressive you know like the NHS, free schools (the rich people hate that one), sport centres, libraries, public buildings etc.
Now its all about profit and thats the underlying factor and its wrong, hell half of them dont even pay the tax due to the fiddle of the internet. Personally i wouldn't allow them to trade in the UK, i am sure some people would come along and pay as should be. Invite them over and arrest them for tax dodging. Yet they screw over the bloke who works for himself time and time again.
Now its all about profit and thats the underlying factor and its wrong, hell half of them dont even pay the tax due to the fiddle of the internet. Personally i wouldn't allow them to trade in the UK, i am sure some people would come along and pay as should be. Invite them over and arrest them for tax dodging. Yet they screw over the bloke who works for himself time and time again.
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What? That doesn't even make sense.
I was thinking that myself. No sense whatsoever.
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financial services would be an obvious choice
