tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post3842906083772389972..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: Meaningless sums of moneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-72102684586904716762009-06-09T22:20:58.844+01:002009-06-09T22:20:58.844+01:00My point, though WG is that it is absurd that we g...My point, though WG is that it is absurd that we get so upset about the cost of a bath plug, but just shrug shoulders at the huge sums being wasted every day. It's not entirely about the figures involved - people got very angry about the banks bailout, so why don't they get upset about £130 billion being spent year after year after year on quangos?<br /><br />My wish to see a redomination is more about bringing a sense of value to our buying habits as much as anything else. People think nothing of spending £20 if they have a £100 - they've still got £80 left over; a tidy sum, no? But if they were spending £2 out of £10 that's suddenly a different matter. The larger sums you deal with the less sense of value you have - and in a debt ridden society that is dangerous.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-55343022748492505862009-06-09T22:10:05.988+01:002009-06-09T22:10:05.988+01:00How unlike you, Stan, to miss the points you make....How unlike you, Stan, to miss the points you make.<br /><br />The vast sums squandered on Quangos were squandered by people who were absolutely confident that they could 'get away with it' forever and claiming for a bath plug is nothing less than the proof of that. The issue is not as trivial as you suggest.<br /><br />A billion in our boyhood was a million times a million and the sums you allude to would be so much less were we to 'redenominate' and return to that definition, making your proposed 'redenomination' wholly unnecessary.William Gruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434757003701117714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-71984111505904836272009-06-09T11:52:39.271+01:002009-06-09T11:52:39.271+01:00Agreed.
That's why it's better to say th...Agreed. <br /><br />That's why it's better to say that "One fifth of tax revenues are spent on quangos" or "The EU costs each household £4,000 a year" or "VAT costs each household three times as much as Council Tax" and so on.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com