tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post3195029521613716500..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Pursuing a new career?John Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-50865667357642880652020-02-14T10:36:39.853+00:002020-02-14T10:36:39.853+00:00You have cycles like business cycles, economic cyc...You have cycles like business cycles, economic cycles, political cycles, bicycles, motor cycles etc etc This is a hybrid of as many cycles as you care to construct in that it is a case of "make it up as you go along" and with a liar at the helm the capacity for unrestrained statements and inconsistent behaviours is expanded geometrically. <br /><br />I am sometimes accused of being paranoid although my defence is that I have a highly attuned sensitivity to any deviant behaviours. My take on this sudden surge in spending is that it is superficially a major shift but in its dark reality it is just a mere continuation of policy. <br />Since before the intro of "austerity" in 2008 -10 there was a focus on privatisation where public assets were acquired by the corporate sector at a discount ( = theft from the public purse). <br />With austerity public spending was curtailed and very rich individuals and corporates were rewarded with tax breaks etc while the rest got screwed (= shift of wealth from poor to rich). <br /><br />Boris' big spend on ultra big budget projects is a continuation of this in that major corporates and their seriously rich stakeholders will benefit from contracts while the rest of the country will fund these overpriced vanities. Thus shifting more wealth into the coffers of the rich and the major corporates. <br /><br />Impoverished and enslaved by stealth. dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.com