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Forum: General 05-05-2024, 09:01 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Labour: parrots Tories: owls

Labour: parrots

Tories: owls
Forum: General 05-03-2024, 06:20 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
I often travel by rail and the service is now a...

I often travel by rail and the service is now a lot better.

If a company does badly you can sack them and replace them with another. That cannot be done if nationalised. You reasoning is another...
Forum: General 05-03-2024, 05:49 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Even the Russians gave up on socialism, because...

Even the Russians gave up on socialism, because it didn't work.

Labour: pleasing fictions

Tories: cruel reality.


If Liz Truss was in the Labour party, she'd still be leader.
Forum: General 04-29-2024, 05:00 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
The rent subsidy for council houses and flats...

The rent subsidy for council houses and flats should be abolished. They only pay 30% or 50% of the market rent, not sure if they pay any council tax but I suspect not.

Council estates are pits of...
Forum: General 04-29-2024, 04:45 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Labour says they will nationalise the railways...

Labour says they will nationalise the railways again, even though it will only save 12p a trip according to this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy63j4x66ylo

I am old enough to remember the...
Forum: General 02-29-2024, 08:00 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
See...

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensification_of_the_class_struggle_under_socialism

Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet_Union_under_Joseph_Stalin

Like a lot of...
Forum: General 02-18-2024, 06:56 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
That seems like the No True Scotsman fallacy....

That seems like the No True Scotsman fallacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

A day or two ago I saw on the news the Scottish Labour Party singing The Red Flag anthem....
Forum: General 02-13-2024, 06:23 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
When I moved away from my working-class parental...

When I moved away from my working-class parental home it was to a squalid room in London for which in 2024 the landlady would probably be arrested. I had a good full-time job, but that was all I...
Forum: General 02-11-2024, 04:17 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Labour make the UK economy stagnate by...

Labour make the UK economy stagnate by disapproving of people becoming wealthy (* but see footnote below). We have not had innovators like the Fords, Microsofts, Amazons, and so on that people all...
Forum: General 02-11-2024, 01:38 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Nobody would agree that the economy and...

Nobody would agree that the economy and technology should have been kept frozen at what it was in 1924, or even 1824, and similarly it is a bad idea to freeze it in 2024.

The Garden Of Eden,...
Forum: General 02-10-2024, 05:49 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
People have more disposable income now than in...

People have more disposable income now than in the past, and they spend this surplus buying better accommodation.

In the past houses and flats were a lot more crowded. People even used to share a...
Forum: General 02-09-2024, 07:58 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
What concerns me with the likely outcome of...

What concerns me with the likely outcome of Labour winning the next election, is that like other socialists they will think that all that is required is to get everyone giving lip-service to the...
Forum: General 02-06-2024, 05:49 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
If there is little difference between the...

If there is little difference between the wealthiest and the poorest, then there is little incentive to create new wealth.

If working really hard and using all your brains and effort only makes...
Forum: General 02-05-2024, 06:18 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
In the past food was a lot more expensive in real...

In the past food was a lot more expensive in real terms. In the 1940s for example 1/3 of income was spent on food, and around the same time people would often live in just one room rather than being...
Forum: General 02-04-2024, 11:19 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
The choice is equal poverty or unequal prosperity.

The choice is equal poverty or unequal prosperity.
Forum: General 01-25-2024, 11:17 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
You might - might - be wondering what I would do...

You might - might - be wondering what I would do if I were prime minister.

I would raise inheritance tax to 100% to reduce privilege being passed down the generations. I would decrease Capital...
Forum: General 01-25-2024, 11:03 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Sweatshops exist because there is too little...

Sweatshops exist because there is too little capitalism locally, not too much. If there were more business in that locale there would be more competition for workers resulting in higher wages and...
Forum: General 01-19-2024, 05:04 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
What would you propose to do now if you were...

What would you propose to do now if you were Prime Minister?

("Just because socialism has failed in the handful of attempts made to pull it off in the 20th century...")
Forum: General 01-19-2024, 04:05 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
If it is easy to create wealth and run a factory...

If it is easy to create wealth and run a factory (etc), then why have have not workers-cooperatives been popping up in the UK like mushrooms? Nobody is stopping them. In socialist theory they ought...
Forum: General 01-19-2024, 03:19 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
I've read two memoirs written by people fleeing...

I've read two memoirs written by people fleeing from socialist take-overs in European countries, and although they occurred in different decades and in different countries they both mention the same...
Forum: General 12-23-2023, 03:22 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
I wrote above - "and outcomes are due to...

I wrote above -

"and outcomes are due to willpower character and stereotype rather than the designing of procedures and methods."

But what I meant was -

"and outcomes are due to wilfulness...
Forum: General 12-08-2023, 03:18 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
I've realised what the big myth of socialism is. ...

I've realised what the big myth of socialism is.

The Big Myth Of Socialism is that you can be prosperous with only a token amount of effort. Socialists believe that only a slight amount of effort...
Forum: General 11-03-2023, 07:41 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Should people be given houses and cars for free,...

Should people be given houses and cars for free, or should nobody have any?

If you were Prime Minister and/or Chancellor, what would you do?
Forum: General 11-03-2023, 07:21 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
The UK economy is stagnating because people...

The UK economy is stagnating because people anticipate that when the Labour government comes in they will reward their voters (i.e. people on benefits) with even more generous hand outs, and tax the...
Forum: General 03-26-2023, 08:13 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Interesting: ...

Interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djB9oK6pkbA



May I point out that if someone is unhappy with a job in a factory or warehouse somewhere, it is still less bad than anything else...
Forum: General 03-25-2023, 12:53 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
You would pay the same tax if you have the same...

You would pay the same tax if you have the same capital gain every year or only once in a lifetime.

Perhaps having a lifetime CGT allowance of £1M would encourage enterprise and work.
Forum: General 03-24-2023, 10:15 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Correction - The CGT rate is lower than I thought...

Correction - The CGT rate is lower than I thought it was, but still too high and twice what it once was under Labour. One of the bad things about CGT is that if you accumulate a small amount of gain...
Forum: General 03-07-2023, 07:09 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 2,141
Posted By grumpyskeptic
Why does the UK have almost zero economic growth?

Why does the UK have almost zero economic growth?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64661791


In my opinion it is because -

1) In the UK people are considered to be morally bad nasty...
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