Y’know, I reckon this recession is just what we all needed. It was either this or a good war, and personally I’m glad we went for the recession. So why is it so good? Well, look at all the things it has brought to the surface? They are things we all knew already, but now we have been forced to confront them.
Politicians are on the fiddle, big bankers are as bent as a nine-bob note and nothing short of very highly paid criminals. Celebrities are largely talentless retards and anyone earning a salary above a certain figure is on the make.
A simple truth in life is that if you are earning £12,000 a year, you will not be able to buy your own home, buy fancy clothes or eat like a King. You will rent your home (at great cost) from some bastard who owns loads of them. You will not be claiming expenses or looking forward to big bonuses.
Now, if you earn in the region of £150,000++ and up and up and up, you will have a nice home (or two), a swish car, wear the best suits and eat at the Fat Duck. But also, the wages of that woman who cleans your house, the bill for the guy who services your car and the cost of the meal can all go on ‘expenses’. And that’s before you’ve received the annual bonuses and other perks that probably triple your salary anyway. Who are these people? Just go to a City bar and watch the champagne corks popping – yes, the word is – bonuses are back!
The excuse made by their employers is that they are the best of the best and they have to pay top whack to keep them. But often, these are just people who have, over the years, worked their way into this position, through schmoozing, luck, cheek and sheer front. They are just pen-pushers and managers, nothing more. Sack all the bastards tomorrow, re-advertise their jobs for a much lower, more sensible salary, with no daft expenses and bonuses. I reckon those posts would be filled quickly by people who could probably do the job twice as good because they wouldn’t be spending half their time on the make.
The thing is, that we all sit back and accept that all this is going on all around us and do nothing about it. We elect one incompetent, smug politician into office after another. Look at what is happening in Iran at the moment – the people are mightily pissed off and they are angry enough to do something about it. What the hell will it take to make US angry??
Come on – get out on the streets – pick up that baseball bat! – grab that pitchfork! – light those flaming brands!! What we need is an Angry Mob Revolution!!
It won’t do any good of course, but I reckon we would all feel better for it.
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