tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post6573850814270195424..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Should not charity begin at home?WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-31110271668179935642011-12-18T03:05:04.450-08:002011-12-18T03:05:04.450-08:00c: Agreed, which is why we need DD!c: Agreed, which is why we need DD!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-40488733931977739882011-12-16T05:43:35.450-08:002011-12-16T05:43:35.450-08:00WfW,
Posing as My Lords Bountiful on the internat...WfW,<br /><br />Posing as My Lords Bountiful on the international stage, with money they are borrowing for someone else.<br /><br />Generally scratching the ridiculous itch they have, that Britain must have a place in the word, this time by wasting money on becoming an "Aid Superpower". Any fool can waste money.<br /><br />Creating jobs in the aid industry and the tranzi community for themselves and fellow travellers.<br /><br />Paying a Danegeld to prevent terrorism was one of the justifications, but they didn't call it a Danegeld.<br /><br />Attempting to buy votes from immigrant communities and the bleeding heart fraternity.<br /><br />Lubricating the way for markets for their pals.<br /><br />All spending borrowed money to make problems worse, for narrow, self serving ends dressed up as a noble cause.<br /><br />Absolutely not what the British government should be about.cosmicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-40367821983608320842011-12-15T22:28:45.458-08:002011-12-15T22:28:45.458-08:00r_w: Not much wrong with what you say and I do agr...r_w: Not much wrong with what you say and I do agree.<br /><br />jic: I don't mind helping others, regardless of race or creed, however I do object when 'our own' are left wanting. As the adage goes "charity begins at home"<br /><br />c: Would disagree slightly as I believe it is the political class attempting to 'look big' on the international stage.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-56372085573140863302011-12-15T09:59:23.114-08:002011-12-15T09:59:23.114-08:00What I see in the Tories' determination to mai...What I see in the Tories' determination to maintain foreign aid is some focus group inspired nonsense suggesting they fish for the Lib-Dem type vote. The fact that it makes most of their traditional supporters incandescent with rage adds to the effect. They expect that tribal loyalty will keep those people on board.<br /><br />Badly misjudged I'd say.<br /><br />I have all sorts of objections to this; it's been shown to be counter-productive; it's ridiculous to borrow money to give away; there are things at home the money should be spent on.cosmicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-78517628857852056162011-12-15T09:48:36.886-08:002011-12-15T09:48:36.886-08:00I don't want to give any aid to foreigners. Ho...I don't want to give any aid to foreigners. However, if all the socialists wish to subsidise the lives of these people, then they should be able to do so from their earnings; they could be hypothecated (I think that is the correct term) at source, by a simple tick of a box and an amount entered in their PAYE form. The total would then amount to our foreign aid and the donors could feel some sense of self-satisfaction for being 'good people'. But I wouldn't be affected and therefore, couldn't care less.john in cheshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179825507377423624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-30524059992855733562011-12-15T01:54:08.596-08:002011-12-15T01:54:08.596-08:00Further to my last observation WfW…
In these unma...Further to my last observation WfW…<br /><br />In these unmaterialised 1970's predictions, it was clear that "leisure time" would not exclude artistic or artisan enterprise (working for pleasure and profit) additional to our basic needs, particularly if we were single or without dependents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-24839738651484965802011-12-15T01:42:37.439-08:002011-12-15T01:42:37.439-08:00It seems to me WfW that the problem we have in rel...It seems to me WfW that the problem we have in relation to caring for our young and old, is that those of us in the middle have to spend far too much of our resources on work.<br /><br />I remember in the 1970's the predictions that due to the automation and mechanisation of the things that we need to look after ourselves, that work (i.e. for an employer) would be much less of an imposition, we would have to work for one, maybe two days per week to gather enough to finance the food, heat and shelter required to satisfy all of our basic needs, and we could spend our free time educating and exercising ourselves and our children, caring for our dependents (old or young).<br /><br />What went wrong?<br /><br />My view, is that we have been subjected to a corporate hijack, by private and public bureaucracies, a necessary requirement of the fascist state, which thrives on maintaining a slave class. The trouble is that we have gone along with it, like lambs to the slaughter, and just now, we are being told that we will have to work longer for less, and retire later….<br /><br />Which brings us back to the original problem, who is going to look after our young and old dependencies, while we are out gathering 100% of our needs and then (mafiosi style) donating 75% to some other very greedy dependents, who tell us that they are better at looking after these same dependents than us?<br /><br />This logic is utterly mind bending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com