Tuesday, December 05, 2006
You Can't Fatten The Pig On Market Day
A personal tale - Dear readers, I have a sister, who whilst not being a rabid leftie, doesn't exactly see eye to eye with me politically. I could go further but shall merely point out that she "believes" in man made global warming, and likes the theatre and the world of luvvies that represents.
Last night my sister was enraged, no not by George Bush, but by the governments obesity plan. According to my sister, obese people will get free dance classes, fitness membership and other such things in order I suppose to help them conquer obesity. Of course the fact is that people are fat because they eat and drink too much in proportion to the physical exercise/work they do, but free work classes (perhaps mining (by hand) or breaking rocks) seem out of the question. I'd be the first to admit that even I could do to lose some inches around the waistline, but it's up to me and the fact it's there is my fault.
Despite gently pointing out that surely it was a case of: "from each according to their means to each according to their needs", and clearly obese people would benefit from these "free" activities. I was told that these people had brought their obesity on themseleves and it wasn't right the government should pay for their dance classes, when my sister (who isn't obese by the way) has to pay both for her own classes and now with her taxes for those of the obese as well.
I mention this by way of analogy, the votes of people like my sister, those who supposedly care for the environment, people who are a bit leftie, young people. This is the demographic that David Cameron is supposed to be aiming for, but these people aren't stupid and they're waking up to the reality of state sponsored profligacy - that the state is taking their money and dishing out to anyone and anything no matter how unworthy; and in many cases the more unworthy the better. By the time of the next election, these people will be crying out for a party that has sensible, workable policies that involve a far smaller state, with far less government spending and most importantly much less taxes. The Conservative Party should be in that position, with a history of making the case for tax cuts, every week the party should be identifying unnecessary and expensive government spending (quite an easy task) and committing to do away with it. So come the election, when asked where will the tax cuts come from you've got a great long list. In fact Labour won't even dare to ask the question.
As it is Cameron looks like sticking to the Blair formula, and even if he actually starts to realise what people want; it'll be too late for him. He won't have the policies, he won't have the history of the policies and he won't be able to make the case for any policy; not least because he's never done it.
If you put the spadework in now, then come election day, people will trust you, you'll have a history of supporting the policies they'll then want and you'll get the votes. Without the work, it'll be a scrawny Conservative pig at the market.
Last night my sister was enraged, no not by George Bush, but by the governments obesity plan. According to my sister, obese people will get free dance classes, fitness membership and other such things in order I suppose to help them conquer obesity. Of course the fact is that people are fat because they eat and drink too much in proportion to the physical exercise/work they do, but free work classes (perhaps mining (by hand) or breaking rocks) seem out of the question. I'd be the first to admit that even I could do to lose some inches around the waistline, but it's up to me and the fact it's there is my fault.
Despite gently pointing out that surely it was a case of: "from each according to their means to each according to their needs", and clearly obese people would benefit from these "free" activities. I was told that these people had brought their obesity on themseleves and it wasn't right the government should pay for their dance classes, when my sister (who isn't obese by the way) has to pay both for her own classes and now with her taxes for those of the obese as well.
I mention this by way of analogy, the votes of people like my sister, those who supposedly care for the environment, people who are a bit leftie, young people. This is the demographic that David Cameron is supposed to be aiming for, but these people aren't stupid and they're waking up to the reality of state sponsored profligacy - that the state is taking their money and dishing out to anyone and anything no matter how unworthy; and in many cases the more unworthy the better. By the time of the next election, these people will be crying out for a party that has sensible, workable policies that involve a far smaller state, with far less government spending and most importantly much less taxes. The Conservative Party should be in that position, with a history of making the case for tax cuts, every week the party should be identifying unnecessary and expensive government spending (quite an easy task) and committing to do away with it. So come the election, when asked where will the tax cuts come from you've got a great long list. In fact Labour won't even dare to ask the question.
As it is Cameron looks like sticking to the Blair formula, and even if he actually starts to realise what people want; it'll be too late for him. He won't have the policies, he won't have the history of the policies and he won't be able to make the case for any policy; not least because he's never done it.
If you put the spadework in now, then come election day, people will trust you, you'll have a history of supporting the policies they'll then want and you'll get the votes. Without the work, it'll be a scrawny Conservative pig at the market.
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