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Chocolate Bar Politics

Did you notice how Nick Clegg, Leader of the Lib Dems recently re-branded his party as tax cutting?

Not so long ago they were promising to raise specific taxes for education and other things, and that didn't get them very far with the general electorate, although, to be fair to them, they ended up running a few more Councils and gained a few seats in parliament. But no real breakthrough.

So what do we get? Another re-branding this time trying a tax cutting wrapper. Hail the new chocolate bar for the consumers; this time with nuts in!

New Labour began this craze, swiftly follwed by the now cuddly Tories who were always on the side of the poor and down trodden as we all know, so the oh so slow Lib dems couldn't be left behind. Clegg was on Radio 4 Today programme trying to deliver his parties message when it quickly unravelled into a melted chocolate bar after all. His headline grabbing 20 billion of tax cuts soon became a few million that might be left over after their spending plans that might end up back in the pockets of those from whom it was first taken. I simply can't chew this brand of chocolate bar politics any longer. Can you?

Let's be honest with one another here. You, I and all the politicians are all just trying to survive our own life. We want to stay in our jobs, pay our mortgages, go on holiday, buy things the kids want and need, keep the home fires burning. Our primary motive is self first. So let's not be surprised when our politicians relaunch themselves occasionally in a desperate bid to stay relevant and on that oh so sweet gravy train they all ride.

OK, we wont be surprised then; but that doesn't mean to say we have to allow them to survive. They need to earn their survival just like the rest of us. When your employer has to cut back and make redundancies in a falling economy you'll not notice much pain being felt amongst the ruling classes. They'll all carry on pontificating and feeling our pain. Even the larger public sector in general stays insulated and soldiers on.

Sine something like half the working population is in the public sector hidden deep inside its all pervasive tentacles that reach everywhere you look and touch, there will plenty of you reading this saying amen to that and thank you God. But, in the same way that our financial markets are in meltdown, our wealth creating economy will soon join it under the burden of the wealth consuming public sector before too much longer. mark my words; a public sector consuming 40% of GDP with more and more people retiring early is the next pack of cards to tumble.

And not a single main stream political party has the gumption or intention of doing anything about it. Why? Because you simply wont buy that new brand of chocolate bar so it wont be made. That is, until 10 years from now when the countries arteries are all clogged up (remember the 'sick man of Europe jibe?) and hardly anything works well, we'll all be screaming for that new choco fix. Happy eating until then.