Political flimflam (for those interested in this kind of thing)

[shane]

[Discussion moved from 'Audio East / West of Atlantic' thread in Blank Canvas].

Well, we're currently paying £1.10 per litre for petrol (sorry, gasolene). That equates to $9.61 per US gallon. As good a reason as any to leave the 750i in the garage, I guess...

[BajaGringo]

You will probably hate me then. Living here in Mexico we are only paying $2.70 USD per gallon - about £0.31 per liter, if I converted that correctly...

[Mike]

[Mike]

To be 'fair' (?!?)... a vast amount of what we pay in the UK go's straight into the government's coffers!

[BajaGringo]

To be 'fair' (?!?)... a vast amount of what we pay in the UK go's straight into the government's coffers!

I doubt that most people today realize how far government reaches into your pocket via taxes, fees, duties and the like. All this "protection" government gives us comes at a very high price. I really don't know why people fight the idea of socialism - we are almost there in many parts of the world.

The USA is not far behind the UK

[Mike Reed]

My Dear Yankee in Lower California,

You are not up to spec. with what is happening in these sceptred isles. The last ten/eleven years of socialism (a.k.a. New Labour) is being rapidly turned on its head.

With the very dubious exception of Sweden, there hasn't been a successful socialist government or country in history ('though Russians would have you think otherwise). Very good reason. It doesn't work, has never worked and flies in the face of man's evolution.

Centralisation and profligacy have ruined this economy. Just as in the States, the feelgood factor is fast turning to feelbad. This situation may well be globally exacerbated, but in our case, is govermentally aided and abetted to an amazingly detrimental degree.

Damn; got me going there. Could have sworn a thread was vergin' on the political yesterday! How does all this affect hifi?

Well........(stop there before I'm excommunicated) Thank Heavens my hifi set-up is a lot more balanced that my political views!!!

[The Grand Wazoo]

The last ten/eleven years of socialism (a.k.a. New Labour) is being rapidly turned on its head.

Blair/Brown - socialists? ............ Really?

[BajaGringo]

I know we are wanting to keep this non-political, but my point is that while "socialist" parties are not winning elections, the fact that government takes over more and more of our lives with higher taxes and fees and "services", we are turning into a defacto socialistic society, little by little.

OK, I will shut up and go eat a fish taco...

[Steve Toy]

Blair/Brown - socialists? ............ Really?

Yes very much so and like all socialists, authoritarians. OK there was a pragmatic nod to big business but there is still an agenda of centralisation, control, high taxation/government expenditure and big government/bureacracy.

There is very little difference between the government now and that of Callaghan 30 years ago.

[Filterlab]

Oi, if you want to talk about politics start a thread in the appropriate area

Blair/Brown

Do we have a thread for useless arseholes?