I was deliberately vague because I've witnessed "honest debates" and "serious debates" on NSC where specifics are accompanied by statistics and counter statistics wheeled out by opposing posters and they inevitably degenerate into hair splitting, distraction, cliche and insults.
Your...
Thank you for this David, it provides a considered insight into the plight and potential future of our have nots.
It's easy to get caught up in tribal warfare about politics on a website such as this, totally divorced from reality, much in the same way that herd instinct and anger can take...
A quote of yours from another thread:
"Going back to one of my original points regarding politics. It's idiotic point scoring like this which undermines the whole point of the debate. One minute you want to come across as an intelligent, reasonable person, then you come out with cheap, snide...