Let's say something nice about...
Oh dear: I've just read an unfavourable review of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, by an accountant .
I have maintained the view that Osborne's sole economic objective is to accelerate the concentration of wealth; and, measured against his objective, he is the most effective and successful Chancellor that we have ever had.
Yesterday's statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer is all about his secondary objective: using the levers available in Number 11 to increase the likelihood of re-election.
It is reassuring to see that the prospect of Conservative reelection remains unlikely, if not as remote as it could be.
Less reassuring, is the knowledge that his primary objective - destitution and desperation for the poor, indebtedness and insecurity for the middle class, and ninety percent of all the money in the hands of the Right Sort Of People - appears to be the economic policy of the Labour Party, too.
I hear the usual ineffective bleating and some superficial criticism, but I do not hear anything like a principled commitment to a better economy and a better society; there is every reason to believe that this unnecessary austerity is tolerable to the Labour front bench, that the tax gap is acceptable, that nothing more than gestures will be seen of housing policy, and that the generosity of a narrow overclass of rent-seekers in suggesting further targets for privatisation is the guiding light of their 21st-Century socialism.
It seems that we have a new 'Post Postwar' consensus: I might even go so far as to say that our esteemed Chancellor is at the forefront of the political zeitgeist as well as an outstanding economic operator.
Liking it, and him, is optional. However, this might not be the case in a society prepared to take the measures necessary to maintain order and the preservation of property amidst the levels of inequality and economic desperation that are consequences - the objectives! - of our policy consensus.
So I would suggest that we should all find something nice to say about our Chancellor, the Right Honourable Mr. Osborne.
Here's my contribution: he's not a twin.
Unless there's something I don't know about the front bench of the Labour Party.
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I have maintained the view that Osborne's sole economic objective is to accelerate the concentration of wealth; and, measured against his objective, he is the most effective and successful Chancellor that we have ever had.
Yesterday's statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer is all about his secondary objective: using the levers available in Number 11 to increase the likelihood of re-election.
It is reassuring to see that the prospect of Conservative reelection remains unlikely, if not as remote as it could be.
Less reassuring, is the knowledge that his primary objective - destitution and desperation for the poor, indebtedness and insecurity for the middle class, and ninety percent of all the money in the hands of the Right Sort Of People - appears to be the economic policy of the Labour Party, too.
I hear the usual ineffective bleating and some superficial criticism, but I do not hear anything like a principled commitment to a better economy and a better society; there is every reason to believe that this unnecessary austerity is tolerable to the Labour front bench, that the tax gap is acceptable, that nothing more than gestures will be seen of housing policy, and that the generosity of a narrow overclass of rent-seekers in suggesting further targets for privatisation is the guiding light of their 21st-Century socialism.
It seems that we have a new 'Post Postwar' consensus: I might even go so far as to say that our esteemed Chancellor is at the forefront of the political zeitgeist as well as an outstanding economic operator.
Liking it, and him, is optional. However, this might not be the case in a society prepared to take the measures necessary to maintain order and the preservation of property amidst the levels of inequality and economic desperation that are consequences - the objectives! - of our policy consensus.
So I would suggest that we should all find something nice to say about our Chancellor, the Right Honourable Mr. Osborne.
Here's my contribution: he's not a twin.
Unless there's something I don't know about the front bench of the Labour Party.
.
This is a copy of my post here, on Dreamwidth, which has
comments. OpenID will allow you to comment there from your LiveJournal session: contact me if you have problems.