The intentions are good, but, as a nation we are chasing our tails. or even fire fighting. you cut back one thing, which affects lots of other things and all you do is juggle. Lets face it, the nation is f**ked, and it is now good blaming the previous adminstration. the problem as gone on for years, and we have all played a part. How many use credit cards? well the nation has been doing this for many years, and living beyond its means, So the Defence is being cut, which will leave the country wide open.
Now I personally believe it is time we said to the banks, right you greedy bunch of wankers, cut back on your bonuses for a couple of years and help get the country going again. but It will not happen. The government needs to control, and the best way is make austerity, force people in to debt, Now banks are perfectly happy to throw money at you when times are good, but when the shit hits the fan, they dont want to know. interest rates are altered for their benefit, but try getting something out of them when times are tough.
Industry has been moved abroad because labour rates are cheaper, so our economy suffers, Fuel prices have been sky high recently it has doubled in the last 10 years, but to lower it would get the economy going again, The wankers in government dont want that because they would lose out on tax, but who will pay the taxes when we are all on the dole, because industry has been shut down due to recession. Yes it is a noble attempt, but in the wrong way. I will be interested to see the results of the forthcoming council elections, and I will be voting independantly, simply because I have no faith in the mainstream, They probably go to the same lodge.
When I was learning about marketing one thing I was taught was the greed factor, this is very true, because everyone wants something for nothing, I will give you an example,
There was a coach company, who registered a service to take advantage of the free travel for concession holders, and It took off, maybe a bit too well. Telephone calls went along the lines of when does the free pensioner bus to the coast go? No what is wrong? well the words free and pensioner, which implies that it is only for them, now argue that in a discrimination case, but anyway, the bus became swamped, and some were going for the sake of it. Well they are getting on and want some pleasure from life.
This affect the cash sales, because people with families, who didnt have a car, couldnt afford the train fare were being turned away, because the bus was swamped, Now bus companies have to wait for the returns on concessions, the cash is instant for a bus company, end of the day bills have to be paid, the bus needs fuel, the driver needs paying etc. So the cashfares turned down, affected the cashflow of the bus company.
Some companies have actually come out of the concession schemes because of this. Anyway, when the families were on the coach, a very small number of the concession holders resented the fact that they were on the coach, as it was there for them to go to the coast for free. I found this offensive, because the word bus originates from the word omnibus, which is basically Latin for "for all". The service was really a victim of its own success, but anyway, the free travel was basically a carrot dangled by the government of the time, in a way to persuade them to vote for them, but that backfired didnt it,
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