Perfectionist Report post Posted January 22, 2006 http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticl...IA-CONGRESS.xml Liked the last paragraph ...... looks like a third world country is more "soclal" than NuLab Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahBell Report post Posted January 22, 2006 LOL did you see the sponsered by BP ad? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zorn Report post Posted January 22, 2006 Liked the last paragraph ...... looks like a third world country is more "soclal" than NuLab $6 billion to help 260 million poor people sounds more like tokenism than socialism. It's about £13 per person. The UK, of course, spends vastly more money on vastly fewer poor people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plastic Elastic Report post Posted January 22, 2006 $6 billion to help 260 million poor people sounds more like tokenism than socialism. It's about £13 per person. The UK, of course, spends vastly more money on vastly fewer poor people. The cash-strapped government hopes to raise up to 50 billion rupees ($1.1 billion) from asset sales to help fund a $6 billion spending plan to improve the lives of about 260 million poor, but its plans have been stymied for months largely due to opposition by leftist parties. It's quite difficult to comment on this as we do not know what these 'assets' are. The sale of assets is IMHO far too often put forward as the solution to all problems a country might have with property. However, what you usually end up with is a state with effectively less fortunes and the continuing responsibility for the poor after the cosmetic measures achieved through spending of the one-time revenues have faded. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the end is a bit nigher Report post Posted January 22, 2006 The UK is immune to oil price rises as under NuLab everything is now teleported (as per Star Trek) - makes you wonder how our inflation is as high as 2% Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
