Last week I saw an advertisement which claims that one in
\neight of the people who use the tube are victims of identity
\ntheft.<\/p>\n
I just sat there and thought that equates to12.5% of the
\npopulation,
\nwhich must also mean that 87.5% of the population do not
\nsuffer from any form of identify theft.<\/p>\n
The interesting difference between saying 1 in 8
\nand 87.5%
\nis that one of them sounds alarmingly high number,
\nwhile the other sounds like\u00a0 a reasonably low percentage.<\/p>\n
Perhaps that\u2019s why I always like to see the raw statistics,
\nrather than any one else\u2019s interpretation of just what they
\nmight mean.<\/p>\n
When it comes to any fiscal or population figures then it
\nmakes a lot of sense to do so.<\/p>\n
For even 1% of a population can equate to many thousands of
\npeople, which in turn will equate to many thousands of
\nindividual tragedies.<\/p>\n
When it comes to percentage cuts in public finances it is not a
\nquestion of looking at the figures,
\nbut just what this means to individuals,
\nand the social impact it will have upon the population as a
\nwhole.<\/p>\n
There is a very good argument that all social services should
\nbe protected.<\/p>\n
On the other hand there is a conservative argument that
\npeople should not be encouraged to stay within a benefits
\nreliant culture,
\nbut do something in order to help themselves.<\/p>\n
The problem with this comes with a belief that this can be
\nsolved with a totally unrealistic and totally unatonable
\n\u2018enterprise culture\u2019.<\/p>\n
There is an old socialist saying:
\n\u2018 From each according to his abilities
\nFrom each according to his means.\u2019<\/p>\n
I would agree with the conservatives that we do need to get
\naway from a benefit reliant culture,
\nbut that must mean setting up more self help projects,
\nwhile also establishing more workers & consumer
\nco-operatives.<\/p>\n
Perhaps it is time to look at the figures again,
\nand see just what will work of the benefit of all.<\/p>\n
Talk of cutting public expenditure by 25% may sound very
\ndraconian,
\nbut cutting military expenditure be 100% would be most
\nwelcome indeed.<\/p>\n
It might also be worth while if we could all start to think of
\npublic expenditure in terms of encouraging social cooperatives.<\/p>\n
If cuts are on the way, then we are going to really need to
\nmoney in to those\u00a0 projects which would benefits us all,
\nrather than just keep paying out money to the individual.<\/p>\n
Failure to do so will mean a lot more poverty stricken
\nindividuals that will need some sort of fiscal help.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not the percentage figures which matter,
\nbut just what those figures mean within the real world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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