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« on: February 17, 2011, 11:35:40 PM » |
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Just a question that raised on Question Time.
Why give aid to a country that has a nuclear arsenal when we are decreasing our own airforce and navy ?
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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2011, 12:01:42 AM » |
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Because this country is being run by fannies? Unless they have something worth sucking up their arse for.  |
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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2011, 07:54:29 AM » |
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Because India is being run by fannies.
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2011, 12:33:20 PM » |
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I suspect we've been giving aid to India longer than the last election.
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2011, 03:55:11 PM » |
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India is major export country for our products. Those things that we haven't yet allowed to be made in the Far East. Any aid we give is dwarfed by the profits UK companies get and therefore taxes paid. If I understand it all correctly.
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2011, 05:53:46 PM » |
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Well, apparently the aid does not touch Governmental hands in India, is processed and divided direct to the recipients.
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2011, 05:39:47 AM » |
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2011, 09:33:15 AM » |
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Is the foreign aid budget not being increased by £4 billion? How can we afford this with all the cuts that are going on.
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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2011, 09:50:25 AM » |
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Is the foreign aid budget not being increased by £4 billion? How can we afford this with all the cuts that are going on.
Because we can afford it, the money is there. We also afforded a bail out of the banks. We do have money, just not for us plebs. In other words capitalism needs someone to grow poorer and someone to grow richer in order to work. |
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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2011, 09:40:31 PM » |
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In other words capitalism needs someone to grow poorer and someone to grow richer in order to work.  Guess our turn will come around again soon.  |
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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2011, 09:56:53 PM » |
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We don't have any industry up here anymore. Corus in the Dalziel workspace is about all that's left around here that's in any way 'industrial'. So on that basis I'm expecting to get fucked in the arse with a durex ConDem as a substitute.  |
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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2011, 11:20:34 PM » |
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Corus in the Dalziel workspace is about all that's left around here that's in any way 'industrial'.
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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2011, 11:22:39 PM » |
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All I know is they were nearly down the swanney not long ago and that my cousin works for them.  |
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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2011, 11:24:08 PM » |
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They were until TATA bought them out. |
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