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[roydo]

There are good reasons we don't do things like this.

Hypothecation of tax is a terrible idea. It means your funding streams are inherently unstable and vulnerable to economic downturns.

Collecting tax and not using it is also a terrible idea. It is wasting a resource that can be used to drive value elsewhere.

But if you know, for an absolute certainty, that in 20 to 30 years time, there will be a massive increase in elderly use of social care and the NHS, surely making some preparation for it isnt the worst idea ever?

Isnt that why Norway have built up a massive sovereign fund from their natural resources? Cos one day they will run out? Its kinda the same thing.

 

[Number_25]

We need a miracle.

To all Labour supporting members who stumble upon this message:

Please, for the love of everything we have fought for, ensure that every room you sit in is filled with our politics.

Talk to your loved ones, get them to vote, tell them that Labour will dramatically improve their lives.

We need a miracle.

 

[sbbefc]

We need a miracle.

To all Labour supporting members who stumble upon this message:

Please, for the love of everything we have fought for, ensure that every room you sit in is filled with our politics.

Talk to your loved ones, get them to vote, tell them that Labour will dramatically improve their lives.

We need a miracle.

Where have you been canvassing?

 

[Number_25]

Where have you been canvassing?

Ceredigion, Pontypridd, and the Rhondda - easy all things considering.

It's talking to my comrades in the East and West Midlands where the concern is. These are the seats we need to take and keep.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

LOL

 

[peteblue]

If alcohol was a new drug just discovered it would be given class A status, and banned.....but of course it brings in taxes doesn't it?

in abundance....

 

[davek]

LOL

Tory scum Pt 4,888,900

 

[Hickson9]

But if you know, for an absolute certainty, that in 20 to 30 years time, there will be a massive increase in elderly use of social care and the NHS, surely making some preparation for it isnt the worst idea ever?

Isnt that why Norway have built up a massive sovereign fund from their natural resources? Cos one day they will run out? Its kinda the same thing.

Investing money in and considering policy about issues with a long lead time is sensible. It should be done out of consolidated funding though.

Sadly Governments tend to have short to medium term interests at heart.

 

[Goat]

Tory scum Pt 4,888,900

I was reading a wiki page last night and came across this utter gem.

On February 12, he visited Smethwick, near Birmingham, where the Conservative Party had won the parliamentary seat in the 1964 general election. The town had become a byword for racial division after Conservative supporters used the slogan, "If you want a n****** for a neighbour, vote Labour." In Smethwick he compared the treatment of ethnic minority residents with the treatment of Jews under Hitler, saying: "I would not wait for the fascist element in Smethwick to erect gas ovens.

Malcolm X - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[davek]

I was reading a wiki page last night and came across this utter gem.

On February 12, he visited Smethwick, near Birmingham, where the Conservative Party had won the parliamentary seat in the 1964 general election. The town had become a byword for racial division after Conservative supporters used the slogan, "If you want a n****** for a neighbour, vote Labour." In Smethwick he compared the treatment of ethnic minority residents with the treatment of Jews under Hitler, saying: "I would not wait for the fascist element in Smethwick to erect gas ovens.

Malcolm X - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Pickaninny and water melon smiles now.

That's 50 years worth of Tory progress that.

 

[summerisle]

We need a miracle.

To all Labour supporting members who stumble upon this message:

Please, for the love of everything we have fought for, ensure that every room you sit in is filled with our politics.

Talk to your loved ones, get them to vote, tell them that Labour will dramatically improve their lives.

We need a miracle.

Latest polls :

 

[Number_25]

Latest polls :

Not willing to comment until I see the breakdown, sorry.

 

[larrygobfiend]

They’re barely even trying to hide their duplicity. They know that they’ve got it in the bag if they just keep repeating the word Brexit over and over and over again... they’ve dragged us into the gutter and completely divided the country.

 

[tsubaki]

But if you know, for an absolute certainty, that in 20 to 30 years time, there will be a massive increase in elderly use of social care and the NHS, surely making some preparation for it isnt the worst idea ever?

Isnt that why Norway have built up a massive sovereign fund from their natural resources? Cos one day they will run out? Its kinda the same thing.

I agree 100%, though of course there is an abundant amount of evidence that British governments (of both stripes and the coalition) tend to prefer "solutions" that require a lot of money to be handed over to firms who can then fund politics rather than logical measures to tackle the problem.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

BBC what a sham...

BBC acknowledges 'mistake' in Boris Johnson editing

The BBC says editing footage of Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a news bulletin was "a mistake".

www.bbc.co.uk