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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy
Graham
Just remind me....
Who sold off our Gold Reserves?
Who took PFI and ran with it, meaning now in East Lancashire we only have one A and E, Blackburn?
Who oversaw the financial crisis and let the bankers get away with it?
Which former leader of a UK political party/government earns the most money?
cheers
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Well said BG.
The private finance initiative was so that people were bamboozled into seeing new hospitals built, without actually realizing that they were mortgaged to private companies who only want to make a profit....the difference between a mortgage and PFI is that you have a good idea how much a mortgage is going to cost....with PFI you have no idea.....the lender can up the charges at will.
As for the banking crisis. The government of the time knew about the problems for 7 months before the news hit the streets, but did nothing.
The gold Reserves that Prudence sold off....that was the equivalent of my mothers 'Rainy Day' tin...only to be dipped into in the event of a dire emergency.....but Dear Gordon had his blind eye to the telescope and couldn't see the gathering clouds.
It is fine to take the speck out of someone else's eye.....if your own vision isn't totally obliterated by a boulder.