yep, it's a funny view of the world

where a poor country which ensures all citizens have basic needs, like housing health care and education, is deemed to be a failed state.

Yet their neighbour - the richest country, and the one with the economic model which has spread throughout the world - has extreme inequality, mass unemployment, poverty, homelessness etc... is viewed to be a success because the other half of the population do really well out of it.

Posted By: Mecagoenti on October 2nd 2017 at 14:51:05

Message Thread

“Reviving Help to Buy is like throwing petrol onto a bonfire." (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 13:08:49
- That money should be used to build council houses and then the gov't would (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Oct 2, 14:53:54
  - how would you cope though? (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 2, 15:13:51
    - council houses (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Oct 2, 15:15:04
      - VMT^^ It's amazing that Brois and Fox blurt out they'd like to be like Singapore.... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 2, 15:28:36
- Yep, It's another scam to give tax payers money to huge corperations (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Oct 2, 14:39:08
- But its nothing to do with helping first time buyers (General Chat) - Chopper, Oct 2, 13:56:05
- Can’t understand why the Tories aren’t getting a proper kicking over the economy (n/m) (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Oct 2, 13:22:56
  - because its actually not that bad (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 2, 14:06:15
    - except for ordinary working people (General Chat) - mr carra, Oct 2, 14:16:36
      - Didnt the Russioans believe is distributing wealth. How did that go for them?? (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Oct 2, 14:27:48
        
        Presumably socialism to the rich is okay then? Because that's (General Chat) - Chopper, Oct 2, 16:32:18
        
        In what way has socialism failed in Cuba? (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Oct 2, 14:41:30
        
        Oh god. Missed off lots hundreds of thousands of deaths I see. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Oct 2, 16:43:20
        
        having been to Cuba many times with my Cuban partner, I can say that's total bollocks (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 2, 17:29:03
        
        It's ok you don't appear to know much. You went on holiday there (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Oct 2, 18:01:19
        
        stop talking bollocks Tony, did I not say my partner was Cuban (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 2, 18:32:33
        
        lol can't hold a reasoned debate without trying to throw personal insults (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Oct 2, 18:56:07
        
        and let's have a look at your "hundreds of thousands" shall we? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 2, 18:50:47
        
        Read Independent article (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Oct 2, 14:59:45
        
        but a lot of people measure wealth by the size of their car and TV (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Oct 2, 14:46:28
        
        yep, it's a funny view of the world (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Oct 2, 14:51:05
        
        N (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 2, 14:43:24
      - want more money (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 2, 14:18:18
        
        but not everyone can get a top job unless every job becames a top job... which would mean (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Oct 2, 14:44:01
        
        Not everybody wants the top job (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 2, 15:01:04
        
        depends upon what someone considers a top job and how it is valued (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Oct 2, 15:14:13
        
        Doesn't work like that. A labourer works a lot harder than I do yet I earn more money (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Oct 2, 14:26:46
        
        thats not what i meant (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 2, 14:31:33
        
        No? (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Oct 2, 14:54:56
    - all those great zero hours contracts and forced self employment is brillo (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 2, 14:11:48
      - 2.8% of the employed are on a zero hours contract. Not that material in all fairness (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Oct 2, 16:46:52
  - Probably because if Comrade Corbyn was running the economy we would be bankrupt (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Oct 2, 13:54:37
    - The ideological opposition to public housing by the Tories (General Chat) - MaxsHandler, Oct 2, 18:15:01
    - What you mean like this Tory govt has achieved? Have yo seen the (General Chat) - Chopper, Oct 2, 13:56:55
      - Sigh! Dont believe Momentum propaganda. Horrid Tories reduced from 10% of GDP to 2.5% (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Oct 2, 14:06:52
        
        What sheer and utterr crap. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 2, 14:24:00
        
        Sorry DR Momentum crap yes. Did you ahve a proper point to make (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Oct 2, 14:29:11
        
        lolf (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 14:28:32
        
        So Ralf apart from schoolyard comments do you have an intelligent one to make? (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Oct 2, 14:32:15
        
        your post has made it abundently clear that you're not interested in either proper (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 14:48:15
        
        You dont surprise me at all. (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Oct 2, 14:55:29
- It really is so obvious (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 2, 13:10:34
  - It is totally obvious. Economics 101. (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Oct 2, 13:55:20
    - it's Politics 101 (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 2, 14:20:58
      - I pay £475 for a bedsit. Good Kitchen though but a bedsit on Rosary Road... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 2, 14:27:59
    - number 2 mostly is my guess. (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 14:15:55
  - London borough of Barnet (General Chat) - camcan, Oct 2, 13:41:53

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