Originally Posted by
KerrAvon
@ raginpup
I love the way that you demand evidence from others yet make claims like: I think it is fair to say that Labour's manifesto commitments, if came to pass, would force business to rethink their strategy, adjust its operations but they would continue to operate within the UK as the alternatives aren't attractive enough to relocate, which, if you're being honest for a moment, is an expression of faith, or, perhaps more accurately, a blind expression of hope, because that is what you want to believe.
Is the bottom line is that you can't escape form the logic that increasing corporate taxation in the UK makes the country less attractive to operate in, so you squeeze your eyes tight shut, cross your fingers and hope?
What sort of 'adjustment to operations' from business falling short of stopping investment in it's existing operations or abandoning the UK are you anticipating and hoping for?
You suggest that your advice to work colleagues is 'keep doing the same thing and you'll get the same results'. It's good advice although Einstein's version was more eloquent. It's strange that you offer that advice, however, whilst advocating a return to the tax and spend policies that so spectacularly failed the country in the 70s. Practise what you preach maybe?
On the subject of what works, you may also reflect on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Report that MMM linked to a few months ago which confirmed the progress that had been made in reducing poverty in this country, which progress only faltered after the financial crisis of 2008 and the aftermath thereof. Alternatively you could reflect on the historical and current consequences of Socialist economics around the world.
I post on these threads because they interest me. That's the same for you I assume. I know that you started posting on football threads after someone asked why you only posted on political ones a while ago, but I'm not so in need of the approval of others.