tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post1804342594135714726..comments2023-12-28T22:56:36.259+00:00Comments on Owsblog...: One 'official opinion'...Span Owshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-85549293284435376112011-07-03T16:50:23.238+01:002011-07-03T16:50:23.238+01:00We probably could afford most of our costs regardi...We probably could afford most of our costs regarding, Welfare, The NHS and other things you can think of if we were still not borrowing as much as we are giving away as foreign aid(ringfenced)towards the cost of running the EU, getting involved in further wars and so on.<br /><br />The other main problem is that most jobs are unable to or do not pay a decent living wage and so many in work or out of work struggle but both thanks to spin and the media at each other's throats instead of working together and many who work still need financial help from the Government in tax breaks or credits of some kind.The Great Gildersleevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14645982900310730576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-69870897496790377312011-07-03T09:03:04.249+01:002011-07-03T09:03:04.249+01:00The future's bright; the future's orange.....The future's bright; the future's orange...or maybe Mandarin.Span Owshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-46547612382547308392011-07-02T18:57:44.612+01:002011-07-02T18:57:44.612+01:00It's times like these you might wish you were ...It's times like these you might wish you were a Chinese banker.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15984687997030721919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-45686027656915296322011-07-02T18:54:02.050+01:002011-07-02T18:54:02.050+01:00I know it's old news and I am pretty sure I ha...I know it's old news and I am pretty sure I have blogged it before too, not sure why it's cropped up...maybe to boost Cameron before the Euro budget meeting and boost even more Osborne's kudos.<br /><br />Debt, indeed, that's why the UK isn't in "as much" trouble, we have more debt but it's also 'worth' more because the UK is seen as a decent bet.<br /><br />"back in" 2008/09 I remember on the R5LMB bringing up the subject of countries leaving/being kicked out and was "laughed" off the thread.Span Owshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-21398232669426698852011-07-02T17:28:13.563+01:002011-07-02T17:28:13.563+01:00The Osborne-Darling thing is old news and I'm ...The Osborne-Darling thing is old news and I'm surprised why it's resurfaced this week.<br /><br />Back to Greece it's beyond our grasp. The Coalition said they could do a better job than Labour so they are being given their chance. <br /><br />Of course Greece will default, as will Ireland, Portugal and Spain - all economies suffering from low growth and high inflation having to service loans set by richer nations who assume that everybody's means of settlement are the same because they are all within one union. As I've said before debt is not the problem, servicing the debt is. Greece has the highest state pensions in the EU, three times the level of British state pensions as a percentage of average pay, all financed by the political dream of the EU. Everybody could see it coming ages ago but nobody believed it would happen and now it is what can ordinary people do? A lot of people didn't want the banks bailed out in this country and their voices weren't heard.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15984687997030721919noreply@blogger.com