"Keith Kent" wrote in message
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"Broadback" wrote in message
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Keith Kent wrote:
It makes me chuckle ,look in the mags/media about using water
sensibly,use drought tolerant plants in borders/baskets ,store water,
you
know what i mean.Us gardeners/public have had this rammed down us
throats
and now we have had that much rain we have not got a clue what to do
with
it!Problem with this country/government is we don`t cut a problem out
from the source,we always lay the blame which results in charges that
don,t work.Ex-Too many cars on roads/global warming = high fuel
costs.Why
don`t all countrys force car manufacturers to produce a cleaner car
fuel
and then sell the fuel as cheap as possible.Water shortage(ha ha) =
blame
public,increase water charge,tell everyone they should be doing there
bit
by recycling water.Why don`t the water companys make more water storage
facilitys.UK has enough rainfall in a year for the whole of the country
to never be short of water,no matter how sunny and dry it is.We don`t
store enough it is that simple,it would also help if they fixed all the
water leaks everywere quickly.Theft = you may get your hands smacked or
a
fine or nothing or as a last resort you may get sent down in luxury,
but
it is a last resort as the prisons are full!! What about you WILL be
sent
down for 5 years with the basics.
I know i have had my rant but feel we really need to get back to black
and white so we all know where we stand,there is so much bullshit in
this
country.
Cheers Keith
Ah Keith, I hate to write it but you are simple! You see, what you must
appreciate is that all politicians (also, of course public servants)
have
inflation proof pensions. These they must preserve, so taxes must for
ever
be increasing, hence any problems must have money thrown at it, so that
tax increases are accepted by the simple! (That includes myself)

We as a nation have got things badly wrong and i fear for our next
generation.They can raise money without hiding behind taxes.Bring back the
days when this country could offer something to other countrys in
export.We
should have other countrys by the short and curlys ,not the other way
round.Carrier bags is another one,why pussy foot around ,just ban them.

in other words, if you want to effect change get serious, not do things 1/2
hearted. Here in NZ some of the major supermarkets are attempting to cut
plastic bag usage. Signs now appera around supermarkets asking people if
they need a bag, multiple use bags are on sale. Simple way to drastically
cut back on bags is (1) not offer the *******s or (2) every checkout
operator ASKS the customer 'do you want a plastic bag' rather than rely on
the shopper to decline them.

I fkn hate the sight of the amount of plastic bags my extended family brings
in to my household, my workmates bring in to work. I will almost welcome the
end of oil for the simple fact of getting rid of boggin plastic bags.

I spent 3 weeks in Cuba earlier this year. They went through a massive
economic decline with the end of the soviet union. Overnight things just
simply were not offered, they were not available, the government refused to
supply certain things. A slightly different scenario however the whole
economy simply had to make strategic choices about what was offered and what
was most important to keep supplying. The country got real serious real fast
about priorities.

The country has many draw backs and some major issues facing it however the
lack of a consumer culture is stark compared to NZ. Even there though
everything bought in a shop was offered with a ******* plastic bag.

rob