The NHS is broke
The Housing prices are too expensive for first time buyers
The Private pensions are either rubbish or have been robbed to nothing
We are being taxed into the gutter
Big Brother is watching our every move
The Home Office is a shambles
There's a recession coming.
BUT the Country is RICH?
2007-01-29 03:52:42 · 12 answers · asked by Sir Sidney Snot 6 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United Kingdom
Be at peace Brother. There is precidedent for this situation.
Imagine that the United Kingdom is like a medieaval monastry before good King Henry VIII abolished them.
The individual monks (us) were poor, the owned nothing. Everything was given to the Order.
The Monastry and Church was often filthy rich and the Abbot lived in fine style.
Nobody could see anything wrong with this arrangement until the king decided that he wanted a piece of the cake.
All the time the ordinary peasants lived in poverty and had no say in how it was all run.
Where is the modern Henry Tudor now that we need him?
2007-01-29 05:46:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
All good points. But our kids don't die up chimneys or in factories, medicine is at it's most developed ever, you can get a large can of beans for 29p (Midlands), and most people who cry "poverty" have satellite TV and an Internet connection. REALITY: In global terms and historical terms we are at the economic height of the British Empire, yet we still have all the Winging Willys. Imagine how much whining they would do if we ever start having real-world problems again?
I totally agree that the points you have raised are vitally important, but it requires decisive and intelligent leadership and an honest media to sort these problems out. It is not about wealth.
2007-01-29 12:01:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
WOW! Gotcha! what a big question! what you say is true to a point, it depends what part of the U.K. you live in, Move to Wales,
Free Prescriptions this year
Affordable Housing
Well----- Pensions are VERY personal, aren't they?
Two thing to be sure of, Death and Taxes, someone has to pay!
We do have our share of CCTV, but not on the mountains!
We have our own Assembly
Not in Wales! GRIN! We had ours years ago!
And the Welsh are RICH in Culture, Friendly People, and the best Scenery in the UK.
Sooooo----- come to live in the land of the Red Dragon, you won't be disappointed!
2007-01-29 12:03:42 · answer #3 · answered by Greybeard 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question. 'to harp on' means to repeat oneself, repetition is the most influential tool of propaganda. Harp on about the same point over and over again, keep it simple mind, and the majority will soon be singing the same tune.
I can hear it now "but this country is rich, its rich, its rich".
2007-01-29 12:02:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shhhhhhhh - you'll give the game away.
Britons face one of fastest-growing tax burdens in the developed world
2007-01-29 21:31:43 · answer #5 · answered by LongJohns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess they must be harping on it in your country because I don't hear that in my corner of the U.S.
If you think there is a problem, get involved and help find a solution.
2007-01-29 12:10:21 · answer #6 · answered by rbarc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At last someone who agrees with me.You have just hit the nail right on the head..
2007-01-29 11:58:00 · answer #7 · answered by Bella 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i didnt know we were one of the richest countries in the world, i know we're 5th in the GDP stakes but it certainly doesn't feel like it
2007-01-29 11:58:56 · answer #8 · answered by scotgal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's reality for you. And it's supposed to be a democracy.
2007-01-29 12:06:47 · answer #9 · answered by Crazy Diamond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no what "they"mean is the countries rich are rich (they are ok)
2007-01-29 12:04:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋