Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
Mark wrote:

On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:07:18 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Your feeling of helplessness only arises because you have bought into
the socialism model of life: You want the government to change things
for you.
No. I want governments to do what people want them to do.

And what is that? I want the Govt to give me 50 million quid, a mansion
with a 1000 acre estate and coterie of servants, and a no-fly zone above
it. And yet, strangely, they don't. Should I therefore vote for the
other lot - or someone that'd promise to fulfil my wants?

exactly.

You could probably get that mansion if you were prepared to sacrifice a
lot of things for it.

I recall the case of a lowly public sector worker - Postman or something
- who owned a new rolls royce. "Anyone can do it, but I don't have a
wife, kids, or own my own house. I don't drink, smoke, or eat out. I
don't take foreign holidays. Every penny I earn goes into that car"

The tragedy of the Left, is that he would not be ALLOWED to own that car.