Comments on: The G20 needs to find some horses before they improve the bolts on the stable http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/08/the-g20-needs-to-find-some-horses-before-they-improve-the-bolts-on-the-stable/ Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today's issues and tomorrow's problems Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wealth Creation http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/08/the-g20-needs-to-find-some-horses-before-they-improve-the-bolts-on-the-stable/#comment-7795 Wealth Creation Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:32:38 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2022#comment-7795 I hope all is well. I'm out trying to find some other people with some of the same interests I have. Hope all stays well. Chuck I hope all is well. I'm out trying to find some other people with some of the same interests I have.

Hope all stays well.

Chuck

]]> By: jean baker http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/08/the-g20-needs-to-find-some-horses-before-they-improve-the-bolts-on-the-stable/#comment-7794 jean baker Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:58:25 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2022#comment-7794 Bazman, Witnessing unionists final destruction of Britain's shipbuilding industry was vastly different from the demise of the motor cycle industry's demise through, mainly Japanese, competition. They simply took over British innovation and produced it cheaper. Perhaps you're too young to remember the 'winter of discontent' resulting from destructive union activity which made that Britain was the 'laughing stock of the world' when Margaret Thatcher was elected. Nulabor's casino capitalist socialism has bankrupted Britain for generations to come .... taxpayers are used to profit and gain with 'closed shop' PFI's etc. Bazman,

Witnessing unionists final destruction of Britain's shipbuilding industry was vastly different from the demise of the motor cycle industry's demise through, mainly Japanese, competition. They simply took over British innovation and produced it cheaper.
Perhaps you're too young to remember the 'winter of discontent' resulting from destructive union activity which made that Britain was the 'laughing stock of the world' when Margaret Thatcher was elected. Nulabor's casino capitalist socialism has bankrupted Britain for generations to come …. taxpayers are used to profit and gain with 'closed shop' PFI's etc.

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]]> By: adam http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/08/the-g20-needs-to-find-some-horses-before-they-improve-the-bolts-on-the-stable/#comment-7792 adam Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:00:54 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2022#comment-7792 I was watching a bbc4 programme on FDRs New Deal last night. It said cotton prices had fallen 70% and cotton workers were being made unemployed. FDRs solution was to employ those workers to go out and destroy the cotton crop in the hope it would drive up prices. It is difficult to think of a worse thing to do. I can imagine the howls of laughter if Sarah Palin had suggested it. FDR is still a hero of the left. In times of crisis it is all the more important to have a government that actually understands basic economics. With role models like FDR, Gordon Brown does not. We need a conservative government as soon as possible to minimise the damage. I was watching a bbc4 programme on FDRs New Deal last night.
It said cotton prices had fallen 70% and cotton workers were being made unemployed. FDRs solution was to employ those workers to go out and destroy the cotton crop in the hope it would drive up prices.
It is difficult to think of a worse thing to do. I can imagine the howls of laughter if Sarah Palin had suggested it.

FDR is still a hero of the left.

In times of crisis it is all the more important to have a government that actually understands basic economics.
With role models like FDR, Gordon Brown does not.

We need a conservative government as soon as possible to minimise the damage.

]]> By: mikestallard http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/08/the-g20-needs-to-find-some-horses-before-they-improve-the-bolts-on-the-stable/#comment-7791 mikestallard Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:04:48 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2022#comment-7791 Can I address point 4? When I was on the dole in the 1990s, I met with a sort of wall. There were certain useless jobs (double glazing salesman, call centre work etc) and nothing much else. It seemed, frankly, that there was nothing worth getting out of bed for. Eventually, I went back into teaching until retirement beckoned. It seems to me that England needs a job too. Yes, we can cut back (we aren't), and no, we cannot go backwards as Bazman says. What sort of areas can we look at? Africa is bursting for some peace and quiet. We are excellent with Africans and we have an excellent track record there too. There is a man's job to be done in the dark continent. Cecil Rhodes anyone? We are simply excellent at inventing things. How about a few elitist think-tanks to work on what happens when the oil runs out? (I do not think the Labour government is actually going to be able to work this). Encouraging actual leisure is another area which is very fruitful. When I was on the dole, I had less time to enjoy life simply because I was too busy desperately looking for work and there wasn't any. For us religious people, too, of course, there is lots to do. Any chance of some support from the government there? Erm. Perhaps not. Instead, I suspect that we will borrow for a lot of very high prestige projects which will achieve nothing much. A huge Olympic Stadium, a lot of money wasted on high speed railways, perhaps. Lots and lots of "facilitators"....... Can I address point 4? When I was on the dole in the 1990s, I met with a sort of wall. There were certain useless jobs (double glazing salesman, call centre work etc) and nothing much else. It seemed, frankly, that there was nothing worth getting out of bed for. Eventually, I went back into teaching until retirement beckoned.
It seems to me that England needs a job too. Yes, we can cut back (we aren't), and no, we cannot go backwards as Bazman says.
What sort of areas can we look at?
Africa is bursting for some peace and quiet. We are excellent with Africans and we have an excellent track record there too. There is a man's job to be done in the dark continent. Cecil Rhodes anyone?
We are simply excellent at inventing things. How about a few elitist think-tanks to work on what happens when the oil runs out? (I do not think the Labour government is actually going to be able to work this).
Encouraging actual leisure is another area which is very fruitful. When I was on the dole, I had less time to enjoy life simply because I was too busy desperately looking for work and there wasn't any.
For us religious people, too, of course, there is lots to do. Any chance of some support from the government there? Erm. Perhaps not.
Instead, I suspect that we will borrow for a lot of very high prestige projects which will achieve nothing much. A huge Olympic Stadium, a lot of money wasted on high speed railways, perhaps. Lots and lots of "facilitators"…….

]]> By: Roger http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/08/the-g20-needs-to-find-some-horses-before-they-improve-the-bolts-on-the-stable/#comment-7790 Roger Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:09:31 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2022#comment-7790 I think in all this that the miscreant, Brown, is absent. No good putting forward a !"solution" when the destroyer is being "lauded" as a saviour when he is nothing of the kind. The media are wilfully bending the information. PLease keep to the interests of the working people of this Country,( those jobsworths within the state = x million, are excluded). This Tory Party I once supported without thought, is no longer. Sound Principles well explained will always hold the day. We have "sheep" as voters. Sad. Any politician who moves to secure their own future through greed, and not to serve us, will pay a price. I think in all this that the miscreant, Brown, is absent. No good putting forward a !"solution" when the destroyer is being "lauded" as a saviour when he is nothing of the kind.

The media are wilfully bending the information.

PLease keep to the interests of the working people of this Country,( those jobsworths within the state = x million, are excluded).

This Tory Party I once supported without thought, is no longer.

Sound Principles well explained will always hold the day.

We have "sheep" as voters. Sad.

Any politician who moves to secure their own future through greed, and not to serve us, will pay a price.

]]> By: Bazman http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/08/the-g20-needs-to-find-some-horses-before-they-improve-the-bolts-on-the-stable/#comment-7788 Bazman Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:29:38 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2022#comment-7788 The idea that the unions causes the demise of the shipbuilding industry is your fantasy. Where they responsible for the death of the British motorcycle industry too? Subsidies and investment support in Europe, America, Korea and Japan have left UK yards at a competitive disadvantage. Who builds these great cruise liners that fly British flags and are talked up to be the best of British? Not us, and the facilities and skills are not now available, not even enough people available for military contracts. That will be the unions fault too I suppose? Anything to say about the banks holding us to ransom jean? The idea that the unions causes the demise of the shipbuilding industry is your fantasy. Where they responsible for the death of the British motorcycle industry too?
Subsidies and investment support in Europe, America, Korea and Japan have left UK yards at a competitive disadvantage.
Who builds these great cruise liners that fly British flags and are talked up to be the best of British? Not us, and the facilities and skills are not now available, not even enough people available for military contracts. That will be the unions fault too I suppose? Anything to say about the banks holding us to ransom jean?

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]]> By: oldtimer http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/08/the-g20-needs-to-find-some-horses-before-they-improve-the-bolts-on-the-stable/#comment-7787 oldtimer Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:32:31 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2022#comment-7787 I would add as #6 tax incentives. These need to be structured to encourage savings for investment. For savers the credit crunch is, in fact, an asset crunch as penson funds, investments in shares and interest earned on cash deposits have taken an almighty hit over the past year. There has been enormous wealth destruction; there needs to be wealth creation now. The dead hand of government intervention will not do it. It needs a willingness for people to take risks again in an extremely hosltile environment. I would add as #6 tax incentives.

These need to be structured to encourage savings for investment. For savers the credit crunch is, in fact, an asset crunch as penson funds, investments in shares and interest earned on cash deposits have taken an almighty hit over the past year.

There has been enormous wealth destruction; there needs to be wealth creation now. The dead hand of government intervention will not do it. It needs a willingness for people to take risks again in an extremely hosltile environment.

]]> By: jean baker http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/08/the-g20-needs-to-find-some-horses-before-they-improve-the-bolts-on-the-stable/#comment-7786 jean baker Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:49:02 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2022#comment-7786 Bazman, The last Labour government was held to ransom by unions who drove the final nail in the coffin of shipbuilding. The state of Britain inherited by Margaret Thatcher following the winter of discontent is not forgotten. Since her departure, Nulabor has morally and financially bankrupted Britain - blaming others in the process. Bazman,

The last Labour government was held to ransom by unions who drove the final nail in the coffin of shipbuilding. The state of Britain inherited by Margaret Thatcher following the winter of discontent is not forgotten. Since her departure, Nulabor has morally and financially bankrupted Britain – blaming others in the process.

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