"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 18/11/17 14:55, Mark wrote:
I'm sure (almost) everyone wants a higher standard
of living but there aren't an unlimited amount of better paid jobs
available.

Excepting terminal political stupidity, Britains problem is that it has
too many people and too few natural resources.

Modern first world economies arent about natural resources anymore.

employment, as any labour government knows, is assured by employing people
to dig holes and fiull them in again, or 'public sector workers' as it's
known.

But no amount of make-believe jobs grows potatoes, or builds housing, and
the competition of land space is for both.

Higher wages for builders also push up housing costs. As do extreme
environmental regulation, and land shoratges.

In the end the nations wealth is what it can produce that is actually
wanted. Not how many parking attendants the council employs to tax
motorists to pay the attendants wages.

We have too many people on too little land and too many jobs that are
makework and not productive in some way.

Limiting immigrations is but one step.

We also need to cut down on stupid public sector work. People don't need
to go to university. They dont need to be lectured in gender politics. Nor
do they need to spend their lives making other peoples lives miserable.

If half the people the council employs learnt how to fill potholes,
instead of dealing with claims from people who have smashed wheels in them
the roads would be a better place.