Harry,
Well . . . that was an attempt at a joke. It was a pretty poor joke given
the circumstances.
What makes the joke in even more bad taste is that, in the run-up to the
election, the Labour government was borrowing faster than ever, sending
millions to parts of the country where their seats might have been in
danger. It now turns out that senior civil servants were so worried by this
largesse that they refused to do so unless they were given specific
instructions in writing. These instructions will be barred from the public
under the 30-year rule but this has been so outrageous that the contents of
at least one or two of these will be leaked sometime soon.
Keith
At 09:45 18/05/2010 -0700, you wrote:
Of course, Ed, instead of borrowing or taxing, they could stop spending.
I'm sure you've heard about the note left on the desk of the new UK
Chancellor of the Exchequer by the outgoing Labor Chancellor.
Thinking it was probably offering advice, the Tory opened it and read it.
It said essentially:
"There is no money left. Good luck."
At least there was one honest man!
Harry
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Weick
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 6:53 AM
To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION
Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: The European Union's Dangerous Game
It would be great to be able to blame the kinds of crisis that is now
hitting the Eurozone on single individuals. All you would then have to do
is yank George Soros out of his private jet or penthouse and put him in
solitary confinement under heavy guard. The crisis would then be over and
the world could begin to mend. Unfortunately its not like that. George
Soros may be a little more to blame than the rest of us, but not much. We
are all to blame. Like the Greeks, we expect an awful lot of our
governments. Being run by politicians who want to get re-elected,
governments tend to give us what we expect. And of course there are things
they've committed to do, on our behalf they say, like fight in Afghanistan.
To do all of the things we want them to do or they can pretend we want them
to do governments must either tax us heavily or borrow heavily. Since
taxing us heavily is enormously unpopular their only option is to borrow
heavily, so that is what they do. So let's not blame George Soros. Let's
blame ourselves and stop expecting governments to do everything for us.
Ed
P.S.: One factor contributing to rising government costs is aging
populations. As we age we stop working and need more care. I'm aging. One
of these days I'm going to quit doing it and help my government out.
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From: "Christoph Reuss" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: The European Union's Dangerous Game
>> The European Union's Dangerous Game
>
> The title should be:
> Soros' Dangerous Game
>
> "The man who broke the bank of England" is now out to break the ECB.
> Leading a whole pack of speculator wolves, he's tearing the Euro apart.
> Already convicted for insider trading in France, he should be jailed
> for life, like Bernie Madoff, for stealing billions and even ruining
> whole economies -- which Madoff didn't.
>
> Prosecute the large Predators before they throw Europe into war -- again.
>
> Chris
>
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