child of the 50s

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Originally Posted by j.sabourn

The Bisto Ad. seemed to go on indefinetly. A 1d. oxo cube was always a penny until decimalization. Decimalization was the biggest con game of all, thats when the cost of living really started to go up and has never stopped. Every government has had some ploy to gyp the punters whether it is putting taxes on cigs and beer with the excuse its bad for your health, to the advent of VAT. All ways of raising revenue to give away to other countrys and waste indiscrimately. The present governments of this century being the worse mismanagement of a countrys wealth ever. This is not discussing politics but a statement of facts. Regards John Sabourn

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Two points of interest from this gov of ours here in Oz. After all the hype about smokes being bad for you it must be taking effect as evenue from tobacco sales is down about 45 miliion this year.
Then we have the PM in New York trying to get us a seat on the security council.
A spokesman said, 'it will be difficult as Finland and Luxemborg will have the EU votes teid up, but we can rely on many African nations to support us as we give then aid'.
Grease the palm if you want to win.

Hi Shipmates , Happy john in oz and J .Sabourn your on the money, But Aid has allways been about the backhander in business, not just in African countries but world -wide everyone in power knows the fact the more you grease the wheels the more you get back, Thats the main reason for swiss bank accounts. All government play the game!!!