Wet or what

04/07/2007 by Poz.

Could this be more of the effects of global warming (or should this be global warning). Anyway this has got to be retribution for building houses on flood plains. The trouble is that the effects are spread over wader areas, areas that did not flood before. We will end up paying for this through increased insurance premiums and taxes will go into flood defences to replace natures own.

Perhaps a little thought about the meaning of the term ‘flood plain’ should have sparked a little something in the brains of the councils and developers. On the other hand cheap land means bigger profits and, of course such people do not have consciences so what do they care.

Why do we need so many new houses anyway? The obvious answer is the ever increasing population. We now not only have our own population but also hundreds of thousands of people from other countries, most recently the eastern block of the EU.

Now, don’t get me wrong; I do not mind anyone, of any race, but why do we need them here and why do they feel they need to be here? Economics. We want to pay less and less for what we buy and the services we receive.

This means that the producers and providers try to pay as little as possible. We on the other hand don’t like to be paid as little as possible. In fact; we would prefer the exact opposite. Hence this is why we need these incomers; cheap labour.

But why do they come here to work cheaply? This is because, compared to their own countries, the pay is good.

Effectively, we are indirectly using these people as servants; getting them to do the jobs we least like whilst we have a number of people who sit on their arses all day and expect you and me to pay them to do nothing except, it seems, breed like rabbits whilst they pretend to look for work. Would it not solve several problems in one go if we enticed these people to work? Just a thought.

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