Re:U.S. jobless rate hints at permanent structural change
by gaius on Sunday September 05, 2010 @07:35AM
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Mmm, this is exactly my point - no-one focussed on "the next election" can safely undertake to deliberately make structural changes in the economy. The timescales are all wrong. It probably takes "a generation" to do it, 20-30 years. The best thing - for the country as a whole - for either party to do is just stop interfering. But, as is human nature, each will prioritize the interests of its core voters.
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Re:U.S. jobless rate hints at permanent structural change
by MC27 on Sunday September 05, 2010 @08:06AM
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Perhaps the biggest opportunity the UK had was when regional parliaments were proposed for England, that would have made the central government less influential and let locals focus on their main concerns. It was poorly implemented but an interesting first step if the public had gone for it.
Re:U.S. jobless rate hints at permanent structural change
by arethuza on Sunday September 05, 2010 @08:32AM
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Yeah - like that has worked so well in Scotland. All it has given us is a crazily expensive extra tier of government who feel that they can spend English taxpayers money to give Scots things that the rest of the UK don't get.
And yes, I am Scottish and no I have never voted Tory (in fact I used to vote SNP until I met Alex Salmond).