#Politics - do we get what we deserve.

POLITICS - DO WE GET WHAT WE DESERVE

The status of politicians in the UK is regarded to be pretty low with the electorate - maybe at an all time low.

A common complaint - politicians avoid telling the truth, they wriggle and squirm and duck answering direct questions. They are in it for themselves - look at the expenses scandal.

These accusations and observations might be true - but I would argue a great deal of the blame - indeed the fundamental cause, lies with a wilfully disingenuous, badly informed and immature electorate (and media). It is the publics fault. We get the politicians we deserve.

Now I have to justify that observation. Here goes:-

We live in a democracy. Every 5 years we have to vote for a new government. Without our votes politicians have no power. Does the politician who tells us how it really is, and who stands up to vested interests  get our vote - or is it the one that dresses it up, avoids the bad news, spins, panders to the weakness of the electorate, tells them what they want to hear that gets elected?

This is our corporate position in the UK.

• The national debt is now at £1.5 trillion.
• The debt is increasing by £5000 per second.
• The deficit is running at £100 billion and seems almost impossible to get under control.
• We are spending far more than we are generating.
• The country is closer to bankruptcy than solvency.
• The country is probably on the verge of anarchy.
• The NHS is a unsustainable bottomless financial pit.
• We have an old age crisis.
• We have an obesity crisis.
• Welfare and benefits are out of control.
• Net migration is running at 250000 per year.
• We are tied into EU - like it or not.
• We live in a global village - manufacturing and low skill jobs will locate anywhere in the world for economic advantage.
• International Corporations have more power than governments. 
• As a general rule penal taxation rates results in a lower tax take.
• Higher wages means higher prices and is inflationary or results in redundancies etc etc
• We live in a society with a "victim" mentality.
• People know their rights but not their responsibilities.