My claim to the moral high ground

The Telegraph have an interesting piece by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard that shows that the property bubble was not an Anglo-Saxon problem but actually worse in Europe, especially France and that whilst the US and UK had suffered their price correction (or part of) Europe was still way behind. A very interesting article, take a read of it.

What caught my eye though was this comment by 'brendan'

'There are very few people who can seriously argue that they are blameless in what has happened to the world economy.

Here in the UK, if you voted Conservative in 2001 and 2005, paid off your credit card each month, bought a house you could comfortably afford (and put a substantial deposit down on it when you bought it) and you don't work for either a bank or the public sector then you have a pretty strong claim to the moral high ground.

Otherwise, you played your part in the mess, along with US sub prime mortgages, the Fed, Club Med governments and all the rest.'

voted Conservative in 2001 and 2005 - Check
paid off your credit card each month - Check
bought a house you could comfortably afford (and put a substantial deposit down on it when you bought it) - Check
don't work for either a bank or the public sector - Check

I therefore claim the moral high ground!