The Big Fix
12 Steps to a Better Britain
By Tim Hadleigh
Published by Tim Hadleigh at Smashwords
Copyright 2011 Tim Hadleigh
Contents;
Introduction
False Economy
Abolition of Cash
New Tax System
Partially Fixed Markets
Burn Rate Business Models
Job Creation
Mortgages – the Crime of the Century
Standardisation
Slow Down
National Health Service
National Lottery
Tightening the National Belt
Money from nothing
Footnote
Introduction
I was watching the news and it dawned on me that they were talking about the same problems that were on the news ten or twenty years ago. The economy, interest rates, house market prices, inflation etc… Had they not solved these problems yet? Can you imagine NASA having the same problem knocking around for ten years without solving it? Of course not.
Unfortunately we rely on politicians to run things. Self-declared experts who like the sound of their own voice.
But after following every inch of the 2010 British General Election (although l am not politically motivated at all l was in the knowledge that l was planning this book), l was left feeling that no-one actually had a proper plan of action; just a batch of placating blurb to sedate the voters into swaying their way. Neither leader wished to bring up any solid proposal for fear that the opponents would just shoot them down, or that the public would find their honest appraisal unpalatable.
Worse still, l was fearful that perhaps they didn’t have any idea of what to do to fix the economy, for example, but were certain that something would come to them if they got into power.
The common denominator in all of the politician’s tactics is the use of the word ‘change’. They all offer it in order to win appeal among the vast majority of people who aren’t happy and want something better, except real change is not really on their political agenda. In fact the only change that actually takes place is the use of a different font when printing the word change in their manifesto.
And just what is a politician anyway? What possible qualification do they have to run one of the biggest businesses in the world – Britain Limited. In most cases, these graduates of the University of Arse Covering, simply scurry around lobbying support from their old- school-tie chums just so they can stand on top of the castle.
None of the politicians ever seem to provide a viable solution to any of the established problems. Instead they just shore-up the situation while they are in power and then hand the mess on to the next political leader who has got into power by promising change.