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19-07-2003, 03:02 PM
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Serfs, Farmers, CAP-Reform, and the perils of sanity in Modern Agricultural Management
""David G. Bell"" wrote in message .. . On Friday, in article "Jim Webster" wrote: ""David G. Bell"" wrote in message I feel like this government is introducing serfdom by the back door. And they've already thrown away habeas corpus. Despite all the public fuss about those British citizens in Camp Delta, if the yanks decide somebody is a terrorist they just have to walk up and ask. Blunkett has meekly signed away our protections, and we could vanish into Ashcroft's night and mist. There are times I feel trapped. There are times when I look at the opposition politicians, and the leaders of the NFU and CLA, and all the people who could be trying to change the direction this country is heading, and I wonder why Screaming Lord Sutch had to die. Perhaps the death of David Kelly might be a catalyst, the might just put a tin hat on the general feeling that the spin doctors have too much power and if Campbell goes it could be the start of a clear out. There was an interesting comment about Blair, 'what has he actually done that has been worth it?' I look at the lunatic prices for houses and land, and wonder whether any of that money has any existence outside the collective imagination of the financial system. I wonder what investing GBP 30 billion in industry would have done for the country. I look at the wealth creation that has gone from countries such as the USA and the UK, and I wonder how long our consumerism can last before financial collapse. We don't see the house prices to the same extent but as the London 'travel to work' area extends we see more pressure. One symptom of the lunacy of all this money sloshing about in the system is that the Chancellor slapped extra Nation Insurance on us all to raise money, but suddenly got a vast bill from all those who work in education and health who want a pay rise to cover this big increase. It is money that doesn't exist, it just swirls round between departments and in and out of government and never does anything. I look at landlords complaining about decoupling, and the money they will lose, when so many of them bought land a lifetime ago, or inherited it. I see myself living in a madhouse of greed, the only one who actually produces anything in a sea of unreal zeroes. Bugger the bookkeeping. I'm going to go and stroke the cat. At least somebody knows where the food comes from. It is a worrying thought, just how few people actually produce anything tangible. I was talking to a chap who was in charge of 'managed retreat' of a section of coast line. They have to look at shortening a sea defence, basically nipping of a salient at its root rather than trying to defend the entire salient. It sort of makes sense because there isn't a lot of land involved either way. Yet the cost incurred on doing all the tests and meeting all the criteria and looking into all the consequences of this action is about £400,000. There is no way shortening the sea defences will ever pay off this cost, and indeed even if they kept up the whole section, they would not spend that much in the next century. Yet they are faced with paying out this money which will be a total loss whatever happens Jim Webster |
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