Comments by "Steve Parker" (@steveparker8065) on "Al Jazeera English"
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Agreed, we will consume ourselves to extinction. Workers produce the goods, build the houses, build the roads, transport the goods, heal the sick, repair what's broken, provide the services, work out the balance sheets, fight the wars, manage, clean and protect society. We provide the dual roles in the economy of worker/taxpayer, producer and consumer, service provider and service user. We are collateral, cannon fodder and consumers. Why do we live in poverty while the rich siphon our taxes and provide little use to society?
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Horse Steak Excess death rates affect minorities more as traditionally they are often marginalised by society and so any drop in income is felt more by minorities. Look at the high infant mortality rates of minorities, then guess what effect cuts to the NHS have on those figures. It's like saying everyone is affected equally by Covid, but statistically the disabled, vulnerable and poor take the brunt of mortality rates. Austerity caused 120,000 excess deaths at the same time the most wealthy 1,000 families in Britain doubled their assets. The massive borrowing is mismanaged via cronyism and corruption while most of the money is given to third parties via outsourcing, privatisation, subsidies, corporate welfare. Tories are stealing taxpayers money and it ends up in the off-shore bank accounts of shareholders. As for fiscal policy, the tories are responsible for the creation of over 2/3rds of our National Debt, a debt to GDP ratio of around 100% and the worst damage to our economy via Brexit. Not sure if you've noticed but the UK is the largest enabler of corporate tax losses globally. Tories are fiscally irresponsible, inept and corrupt. Neoliberalism has spiralled debt via its cornerstone policy of privatisation which leads to bailouts, corporate welfare and subsidies. Corporate welfare and Subsidies cost the UK taxpayer over £100 billion a year, which is around 66 times the amount unemployment costs the taxpayer (£1.52 billion in 2019)...
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