Politics

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How would you classify your political views?

Centre-Left
10
28%
Centre-Right
2
6%
Socialist Left
10
28%
Conservative Right
7
19%
Far Right
2
6%
Far Left
5
14%
 
Total votes: 36

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frankbutcher
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Post by frankbutcher »

arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote: A stake in society :lol:
One person says tomato....

Created dependants on the welfare state? Well, Thatcher never did th...oh :oops:

You have your angle Frank, I see that, and your arguments come that that angle. As you wrote earlier, it's a question of viewpoint and I'm not so keen to argue about a system that I see as rotten to the core, and that infuriates me so much.
That's why I said at the outset that when it comes to Politics it's best to agree to disagree. Even the tone of your post above is condescending and arrogant as you believe that you're right and I'm wrong.

What's the point of even debating these points? Politics is not about ideology. Politics is about power. Simple as that.
Which post is condascending and arrogant? These things are the further things from my mind, and who I am.

I do not believe that I have the complete truth...no-one does. I simply responded to a statement of your's Frank, and how I see the situation.

If you really see the posts that way then sorry. But I then generally think you need to reassess how you evaluate what people are saying, as you have completely misconstrued something.
That bit ^
:coffeespit: :coffeespit:

Is that it? Really?

I refer you to my last paragraph above then. It's a form of disagreement, as you wll know Frank.

If you find that condascending and arrogant Frank - then you yourself are off the charts in this respect.

8)
You're a clown. 8)

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Post by arseofacrow »

frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote: That's why I said at the outset that when it comes to Politics it's best to agree to disagree. Even the tone of your post above is condescending and arrogant as you believe that you're right and I'm wrong.

What's the point of even debating these points? Politics is not about ideology. Politics is about power. Simple as that.
Which post is condascending and arrogant? These things are the further things from my mind, and who I am.

I do not believe that I have the complete truth...no-one does. I simply responded to a statement of your's Frank, and how I see the situation.

If you really see the posts that way then sorry. But I then generally think you need to reassess how you evaluate what people are saying, as you have completely misconstrued something.
That bit ^
:coffeespit: :coffeespit:

Is that it? Really?

I refer you to my last paragraph above then. It's a form of disagreement, as you wll know Frank.

If you find that condascending and arrogant Frank - then you yourself are off the charts in this respect.

8)
You're a clown. 8)
I'll let the voters be the judge of who's the clown Frank

:wink:

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Post by frankbutcher »

arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote: Which post is condascending and arrogant? These things are the further things from my mind, and who I am.

I do not believe that I have the complete truth...no-one does. I simply responded to a statement of your's Frank, and how I see the situation.

If you really see the posts that way then sorry. But I then generally think you need to reassess how you evaluate what people are saying, as you have completely misconstrued something.
That bit ^
:coffeespit: :coffeespit:

Is that it? Really?

I refer you to my last paragraph above then. It's a form of disagreement, as you wll know Frank.

If you find that condascending and arrogant Frank - then you yourself are off the charts in this respect.

8)
You're a clown. 8)
I'll let the voters be the judge of who's the clown Frank

:wink:
You are though. You're being disingenuous. You write a load of sarcastic clap-trap then argue that you're not being condescending. Get real!

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Post by arseofacrow »

frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote: Which post is condascending and arrogant? These things are the further things from my mind, and who I am.

I do not believe that I have the complete truth...no-one does. I simply responded to a statement of your's Frank, and how I see the situation.

If you really see the posts that way then sorry. But I then generally think you need to reassess how you evaluate what people are saying, as you have completely misconstrued something.
That bit ^
:coffeespit: :coffeespit:

Is that it? Really?

I refer you to my last paragraph above then. It's a form of disagreement, as you wll know Frank.

If you find that condascending and arrogant Frank - then you yourself are off the charts in this respect.

8)
You're a clown. 8)
I'll let the voters be the judge of who's the clown Frank

:wink:
You are though. You're being disingenuous. You write a load of sarcastic clap-trap then argue that you're not being condescending. Get real![/quote]

And I thought Wenger was deluded. You're taking it to a new, as yet undiscovered level

:lol: :lol:

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Post by frankbutcher »

arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
arseofacrow wrote: Which post is condascending and arrogant? These things are the further things from my mind, and who I am.

I do not believe that I have the complete truth...no-one does. I simply responded to a statement of your's Frank, and how I see the situation.

If you really see the posts that way then sorry. But I then generally think you need to reassess how you evaluate what people are saying, as you have completely misconstrued something.
That bit ^
:coffeespit: :coffeespit:

Is that it? Really?

I refer you to my last paragraph above then. It's a form of disagreement, as you wll know Frank.

If you find that condascending and arrogant Frank - then you yourself are off the charts in this respect.

8)
You're a clown. 8)
I'll let the voters be the judge of who's the clown Frank

:wink:
You are though. You're being disingenuous. You write a load of sarcastic clap-trap then argue that you're not being condescending. Get real![/quote]

And I thought Wenger was deluded. You're taking it to a new, as yet undiscovered level

:lol: :lol:[/quote]

Touche. You sarcastic rioter!

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Post by Never Outgunned »

frankbutcher wrote: So in a way, you are paying for them to keep going....They are bad businesses, run by bad business people.


Who's this? The small businesses or the banks?

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Never Outgunned wrote:
frankbutcher wrote: So in a way, you are paying for them to keep going....They are bad businesses, run by bad business people.


Who's this? The small businesses or the banks?
The Bank I work for was never bailed out. Nice try. Outgunned again!

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Post by Never Outgunned »

frankbutcher wrote:
Never Outgunned wrote:
frankbutcher wrote: So in a way, you are paying for them to keep going....They are bad businesses, run by bad business people.


Who's this? The small businesses or the banks?
The Bank I work for was never bailed out. Nice try. Outgunned again!
Except of course, most credible economic opinion recognises that if those who were bailed out were left to fail the whole industry would have collapsed.

Looks like your 'butchered' again Frank

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Post by frankbutcher »

Never Outgunned wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
Never Outgunned wrote:
frankbutcher wrote: So in a way, you are paying for them to keep going....They are bad businesses, run by bad business people.


Who's this? The small businesses or the banks?
The Bank I work for was never bailed out. Nice try. Outgunned again!
Except of course, most credible economic opinion recognises that if those who were bailed out were left to fail the whole industry would have collapsed.

Looks like your 'butchered' again Frank
And what's that got to do with my Bank or me. If Greece fails, the Euro fails. Does that mean Germany and France are to blame?

Butchered? Your argument is like a sausage... full of shit.

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I wouldn't vote Labour if my life depended on it, bunch of *word censored* who have fucked the country over many times, and the Unions are even bigger *word censored* . I don't particularly think any of them are great but Imhave always voted Tory and can't see that changing.

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Post by Never Outgunned »

frankbutcher wrote: Your argument is like a sausage... full of shit.
Which just goes to show exactly where you've been putting your little sausage

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Post by SWLGooner »

Never Outgunned wrote:
frankbutcher wrote: Your argument is like a sausage... full of shit.
Which just goes to show exactly where you've been putting your little sausage
:coffeespit: :coffeespit: :coffeespit:

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Post by frankbutcher »

Never Outgunned wrote:
frankbutcher wrote: Your argument is like a sausage... full of shit.
Which just goes to show exactly where you've been putting your little sausage
Makes no sense..... :roll:

You talk as if you've read an A-Level Politics Book, and then followed it up with the Sun Business page. :roll:

Open your horizons. Challenge yourself. 8)

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Post by Never Outgunned »

frankbutcher wrote:
Never Outgunned wrote:
frankbutcher wrote: Your argument is like a sausage... full of shit.
Which just goes to show exactly where you've been putting your little sausage
Makes no sense..... :roll:

You talk as if you've read an A-Level Politics Book, and then followed it up with the Sun Business page. :roll:

Open your horizons. Challenge yourself. 8)
PMSL - as the kids say!

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Most economic thinking doesn't believe there was enough of these mortgages sold to have been attributable to this current crisis.
You dont think the american mortgage market had any role in the 2008 crash? I must not have been paying attention to "most" economic thinking then.


And nothing to do with spending money on unwinnable wars which just so coincidently started in 2001.

Nothing to do with overdue investment in public infrastructure.

As for hell breaking loose, our public debts were quite low for a first world country - the hell broke loose in 2008.
You're in for a nice surprise when the PFI bubble bursts :lol:

Though no Keynesian economics were put into action by the UK government during the 30s and when we reverted to it in 1945 we had a level of debt far more than what we have now


Without writing an essay (as i have to leave for work in a minute) all i will say is that the global economy was very different. The economic recovery in the UK was down far more to our ability to hitch ourselves to America which in 1945/46 enjoyed 50% of global output. Fuck all to do with keynes really, although im not denying it was a necessary step to restore the basic infrastructures of civilisation and stability after the war.

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