I’m a granny, not a banker like that nice Mister Javid, so I don’t know a lot about economics, but I was born a long time ago, and I remember things he probably never knew, and I think about them.
I remember, for example, that the last huge rise in inflation was NOT due to working people getting decent wages, but to OPEC being pissed-off over our support for Israel and jacking-up the oil price, and I think something like that might be responsible for the current crisis?
Of course it was politically convenient to blame the Labour government back then, so many youngsters may not know the truth, and be about to blame the workers (this time)which works really well, because Mr Javid’s oily donors make another fortune and he gets re-elected. Win-win.
About Labour governments … I survived childhood, thanks to the NHS, didn’t have brothers die in Vietnam, thanks to Harold Wilson, got free College education, a leg-up on the housing ladder, good public services, sane working conditions, and lots of other really good stuff.
So, Mr Javid says I’m very selfish, because him getting handouts from his backers is good, and me having a government that works in my interest is bad. I don’t get why people don’t laug at loud at this, but perhaps they’re just less selfish than me and …
… are thinking about the debt they’ll be landing their grandchildren with when I’m gone.
Hang on a minute, Mr J! I AM a grandchild! My grandparents ran up HUGE debts fighting two world wars, so, by your logic, we should have been too broke to enjoy all that lovely free stuff?
Hang on a minute, Mr J! I AM a grandchild! My grandparents ran up HUGE debts fighting two world wars, so, by your logic, we should have been too broke to enjoy all that lovely free stuff?
Something just doesn’t add up does it?
No.
The whole debt thing?
A myth. A deception designed to keep all the money flowing to the already rich, whilst unselfish grandparents keep voting for their Tory saviours.
You’ve been mugged.
No.
The whole debt thing?
A myth. A deception designed to keep all the money flowing to the already rich, whilst unselfish grandparents keep voting for their Tory saviours.
You’ve been mugged.
Anyway, because I’m a granny that doesn’t know squat about economics, I’m going to hand you over to Stephanie Kelton who does, and who will get you started on the myth thing.
Just keep thinking, and maybe take everything a banker tells you about economics with a pinch of salt?
Just keep thinking, and maybe take everything a banker tells you about economics with a pinch of salt?
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