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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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It does tend to.We're a capitalist country. That's what happens. Personally I'd much rather live in a Social Democracy like most of Scandanavia, but most of you cunts don't want that, so we have what we have, what with being a democratic country. But no-one (collectively) has got worse off, standards of life are all improved.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 14:12,
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Check the second graph in this article.www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16545898
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yes, I know, I said I agreed with that.What's your point?
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 14:20,
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That poverty is more than just absolute poverty and the social implications of thatcherite policies are not benign because some quality of life indicators have gone up.
I also do thinkt that we are still feeling the effect of her prime ministership, but I wouldn't go as far as to say we're still suffering from it.
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