Thursday, November 23, 2006
Sort it Out, indeed
My first thoughts when referred to this site were:
"WTF... but, why?"
I say first, but that's misleading, since my thoughts haven't progressed. I am at a complete loss for words in trying to explain why anyone would think launching such a campaign and website mocking people for spending money would be more important than, say, having a policy on anything. Considering the overwhelming experience most of the "tossers" at CCHQ have ever likely had with money is how to avoid drowning in it, it seems farcical and insulting that they should try and tell people who are struggling how to manage their finances.
Most families are opting for credit for ordinary things - replacing broken washing machines, decorating the spare room for new arrivals, taking a break from the rat race to visit distant family - and this "bling bling" stereotype is nonsense. A lot of people are having to spend on credit rathero because for nearly half the time they work 9-5, they are working for Gordon Brown. Personal taxation levels are not simply undesirable, they are obscene, in any possible definition of that word. If the Tories really wanted a wider plan to cut down on credit spending, they would do better than to go on some spotty teenage rant on the evils of consumer choice. They should offer a plan which would allow people to afford what they are buying, and not to get them to cut back on buying. They would offer an extensive programme of cuts in taxation and regulation to help boost the economy.
They appear like doing no such thing. They are spluttering like lunatics that tax cuts damage economic stability and that the "proceeds of the growth" should be shared between tax cuts and extra socialism. Instead of making a stand for capitalism and freedom, they are greatly over-hyping the threat of global warming to excuse more taxes on cars, or flying, and other politically unacceptable pleasures. In all possible areas, economic or social, INGSOC lives on, and its champions make claims of representing Sedgefield, North East Fife, and Witney. There is definitely something which needs "sorting out," indeed.
"WTF... but, why?"
I say first, but that's misleading, since my thoughts haven't progressed. I am at a complete loss for words in trying to explain why anyone would think launching such a campaign and website mocking people for spending money would be more important than, say, having a policy on anything. Considering the overwhelming experience most of the "tossers" at CCHQ have ever likely had with money is how to avoid drowning in it, it seems farcical and insulting that they should try and tell people who are struggling how to manage their finances.
Most families are opting for credit for ordinary things - replacing broken washing machines, decorating the spare room for new arrivals, taking a break from the rat race to visit distant family - and this "bling bling" stereotype is nonsense. A lot of people are having to spend on credit rathero because for nearly half the time they work 9-5, they are working for Gordon Brown. Personal taxation levels are not simply undesirable, they are obscene, in any possible definition of that word. If the Tories really wanted a wider plan to cut down on credit spending, they would do better than to go on some spotty teenage rant on the evils of consumer choice. They should offer a plan which would allow people to afford what they are buying, and not to get them to cut back on buying. They would offer an extensive programme of cuts in taxation and regulation to help boost the economy.
They appear like doing no such thing. They are spluttering like lunatics that tax cuts damage economic stability and that the "proceeds of the growth" should be shared between tax cuts and extra socialism. Instead of making a stand for capitalism and freedom, they are greatly over-hyping the threat of global warming to excuse more taxes on cars, or flying, and other politically unacceptable pleasures. In all possible areas, economic or social, INGSOC lives on, and its champions make claims of representing Sedgefield, North East Fife, and Witney. There is definitely something which needs "sorting out," indeed.
# posted by Chris Hughes @ 9:02 pm 
