Thursday, 11 November 2010

The Burden of Poverty from Restructuring Economies in Photographs by Chris Killips

Woooosh wrote:
Nov 11th 2010 10:18 GMT

I think that it is easy to point the finger at politicians and say they are responsible for many of the sad scenes that we witness. To say that Thatcher is in any way responsible for poverty and the misery that impoverishment brings is just opportunist clap trap. More to the point is that we know companies need to be reshaped to survive international competition and we know this produces unemployment of people who cannot be lucky at the time change happens. Those fortunate enough to weather the storms of restructuring economies are richer beyond all imaginings and some would turn around to say thank you. Many scenes in black and white conjure up our understanding that most of us are the lucky ones who have time to ponder photographs rather than pick through rubbish tips in search or morsels. Thatcher was right however to point out that reinforcing success is the best way to combat weakness. The photos of people succeeding should encourage us to take on greater burdens for our friends and neighbors.

I had a look at the following column in the economist and then added the words found above.  Read for yourself.  Do you think it is right to blame those politicians such as Margaret Thatcher that have done so much to restructure weak economies even though it causes pain?  The banking crisis of today would not have happened under Maggy's watch,believe me!  

In my view, the decision to restructure an economy that Maggy took is like that one one saying two groups are going to suffer over time and one has to choose which group to spare.  The youth of Britain were spared.  That takes courage and that is what Maggy had despite the consequences.  The route Gordon Brown took us to is much less courageous and damns many more people to poverty and pain.  The youth of Britain have to suffer because of Gordon Brown not being watchful enough and enjoying the housing boom.  The present coalition for all it's courage should be supported despite the sadness of austerity that results from earlier sleepy governance.


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