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Tuesday 3 August 2010

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!
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 August 2010 at 20:42

    What about 1997? It was that election that opened the door to the worst government in Britain's history. I can claim the even higher moral high ground for realising that the bastards about to be elected would be a complete disaster and voting Conservative in a vain attempt to keep them out.

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  2. Not a sheep4 August 2010 at 07:04

    I too didn't fall for the fakery of Blair in 1997, however too many people did seduced by his easy smile and modern ways, propped up by the ceaseless anti-Conservative propaganda of the BBC as pushed to them by AC & PM.

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  3. Grant4 August 2010 at 10:04

    I tick all the boxes too !

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  4. John M Ward4 August 2010 at 11:13

    I too tick all those boxes, and indeed bought my house by cash back in 1996.

    Unfortunately, owing to a set of complex circumstances, I ended up with no real income and recently had to sell my property. I am now using the proceeds of that sale to pay for my rented flat.

    That's what being decent and honest can do. Perhaps I should apply to claim for some kind of support; though that would go against my underlying principles...

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  5. Weekend Yachtsman4 August 2010 at 12:21

    Yup.

    100%.

    What do I get for it? No pay rise for three years (so far), 5% inflation, and 0.1% interest on my savings.

    Bah humbug.

    A plague on all of them.

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