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The Great British rip-off!

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06 July 2011 | 17 Comments

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  • 10 July 2011

    The gold reserves sold were worth $2,500,000,000. The US owes us $1,000,000,000,000. Maybe we should have bought gold and abandoned fiat money? If we had invested a trillion dollars in gold then it would now be worth 6 trillion dollars. If we had a 6 trillion dollars, what would we do with it? Raise disability benefits or give to Africa? Help pensioners or build a high speed rail link to Brussels? Cut taxes for the poor or cut taxes for the rich? Raise the minimum wage or cut inheritance tax? Everything is a rip-off but people are trying to cut down and survive the great Conservative attack on living standards. They can read my blogs for tips on being thrifty and frugal and do so - http://wp.me/194MF

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  • 10 July 2011

    Don't forget that Labour sold our gold reserves when they were at their cheapest. Who actually benefited from that? (Sounds to me like they were doing someone a favour)

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  • 10 July 2011

    Such bitterness.. I quite like my country. In response to the comments above, I don't think there is anyone who "is in charge of us". I also think it's laughable to believe that Labour's tax and spend policies are anything other than their usual socialist recklessness that went on one term too long and virtually bankrupted the country. They cloaked their actions in the theme "we're a bit like the Tories" to try to maintain the middle ground voters and unfortunately for all of us they succeeded. Don't fall for the spin, they were still all aout wealth distribution from those who earn it, to those they believe 'deserve' it. ....and anyone who thinks Bournemouth is anything like Blackpool has clearly not been to both.

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