Absurdity

Again I would like to apologise about the layout of this posting, if anyone has any idea on what is going wrong with my computer or this progamme I would be very grateful to know. One of the things I have realised over the years is that the larger the organisation becomes the greater waste becomes. I have spent a little time recently looking and thinking about the mess this country is in. I have tried to look at how, with some very simple steps we could reduce waste and over spending, and turn our countries finances around without reducing front line services. So what I wanted to do is to list a number of things which could be changed that would benefit all of us. Currently we spend £152billion on benefits; the last government dished money out to everyone, and created dozens of new benefits. By cutting the number of benefits people can claim, and creating a one 'universal benefit' we could reduce the bureaucracy and administration, thus reducing costs. On top of this (the government are starting to do this) reform the disability benefits system, I am sure many of those who are claiming disability benefits are perfectly able to work. Our net contribution to the EU will rise to over £9.6billion by 2013, by leaving this organisation we could not only save that money but an estimated £77 billion a year because of over regulation, I touched on this in my previous post. Let me add one thing to my issues with the EU and that is the Common Fisheries policy, here is a quote from the Taxpayers alliance: '.... the ecological impact of the CFP is severe. In particular, just counting three species, in just the North Sea, according to Government estimates, in just one year the CFP forced the dumping of 23,600 tonnes of cod, 31,048 tonnes of haddock and 6,000 tonnes of whiting. That 60,000 tonnes of dumped fish is enough to fill a 200 metre long supramax bulk carrier ship or keep Billingsgate fish market stocked for two and a half years. At the same time, the economic cost is huge. In our report, we estimate £2.81 billion a year.' I think that is all that needs to be said about this most destructive and idiotic policy. The government are committed to spending £12.6billion a year in foreign aid by 2015, that's very commendable, but considering this year we will hand over £744 million to the Russians, and they are committed to spending £454 billion over the next 4 years on defence, doesn't that seem wrong and completely absurd! I am all for helping people, but as our country is in such a financial mess wouldn't it be prudent to get our finances sorted out before we hand over money that we do not have. I am very much in favour of helping people but a government has two basic functions and that is to firstly to run and govern the country and secondly look after its people, and that is it, foreign aid is a luxury and we should only be doing it if we can afford to. Many councils around the country are still employing people on ridiculous wages, one example of this is a certain London borough which is employing someone as an Interim Head of Parking on £500/£600 a day. I think there is something mentally wrong with these people. My last point. Over the last year as I have written this blog I have probably repeated a number of things, and one of them is my views on immigration. I have stated previously why I do not agree with 'mass immigration' , but I have decided to write here what I believe should be done about this problem. Lets first be honest and admit, this is a very important issue and concerns many people, in every poll that is taken, this issue is generally in the top five, and during the last election it never dropped out of the top two. I believe, and so do many others that something needs to change, the government say they are doing something, but they are not, they are trying to stop immigration from outside the EU. The main problem is not with those who come from outside but those who live in the EU, this year it is estimated that our population will grow by 150,000 because of immigration, and most of it from Eastern Europe. In May this year all immigrants from within the EU will be allowed to claim full benefits, and there is nothing the government can do about it. There is huge pressure on; housing, jobs and space. The government cannot afford to build enough new housing for the indigenous population let alone those who are arriving on our shores every day. Most immigrants who come to this country do unskilled work and will work for the minimum wage so those who lose their jobs over the coming years will not be able to find a job. Most of those who come to this country bring their families and settle, this means they then use local services, like schools and GPs surgeries. Many studies have shown that mass immigration brings no economic benefits to a developed country. So this is what I would do; I would stop ALL immigration for a certain amount of time, I would round up all illegal immigrants and kick them out of the country with no right to appeal. I would then tell everyone who is living in this country and is not British to register with the government, then I would look at what job they are doing, if it is a specialist job like a doctor or engineer, or something that our country needs they could stay, I would then force everyone else to leave. You might argue that our country needs these overseas workers to do the jobs that British people won't do, well, there are over 2.5 million unemployed in this country, I am sure some of them would love a job. On top of this, I would increase the minimum wage and increase the personal tax allowance so it would be worth working and not being on benefits. If you want to see what I think should be done about those who do not want to work look at my previous blog http://evanheasley-powertothepeople.blogspot.com/2010/10/benefit-scroungers.html So there you have it, I think it is about time for something radical, because if we don't do something nothing will change.