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Not true. We have been told over and over again that we can't afford these things and they have all been underfunded from a long way back, under the guise of "austerity". Starmer is doing the same and there's no reason to imagine that he is going to throw off caution and pull a socialist rabbit...

Well done all round, not an uncommon story and in spite of your sour grapes you (and @NorthernSteve ) have undoubtedly benefitted from socialism every step of your way, from NHS, though education and other infrastructure supplied by the state for the benefit of all. All paid for from taxation...

Quick rub down with oily rag and/or oily wire-wool, sharpen, use.

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 Punishment doesn't come into it. It's just sensible re-distribution. If it didn't happen everybody would suffer including the mega rich. What goes around comes around. Unfortunately they do, not deliberately of course but it's a consequence of wealth and power drifting ever upwards...

Done a calculation for you: https://highpaycentre.org/reading-the-rich-list-hpc-analysis-of-the-wealthiest-households-in-britain/ "The richest 350 British households have a combined wealth of £795bn: bigger than Poland’s annual economy." Divide by 60million (population of Britain) that gives...

https://www.quora.com/How-long-did-the-95-tax-rate-of-the-UK-Labour-government-of-Harold-Wilson-last-for-and-could-it-be-introduced-again-by-another-Labour-government

83%. Dropped by Thatcher to 60% with immediate recession and the start of an economic slide still with us, with even lower top tax rates today; 45% for income after allowances over £150000. It ain't working! PS being one of the older members here I was running a small but successful business...

Portugal scores fairly highly on the socialism scale. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/02/portugals-socialists-big-victory-far-right-threat Actually it does look like a nice place to live - wish I was a bit younger!

Do you have an example in mind? Which country in the world has the least level of socialism, and would you be happy to move there if you were a migrant? For that matter, why have you not moved to this non socialist utopia already?

All modern states have a large component of socialism in their makeup. Typically 50% of GDPs is public spending. There is no alternative. Democracy itself is a socialist venture. In fact a nation without socialism is unimaginable - can you think of an example anywhere in the world where...

Bring it on - never been tried! Top tax rates are historically low and it has not led to increased investment. As % of income the low paid tend to pay more by far. Unearned income from capital gains and investment is taxed at lower rates thasn earned income. Public spending from tax revenues is...

Yes new build of something nice and small makes more sense and could save a fortune. I had a wrecked restoration project Enterprise dinghy taking up half my workshop for a year but had to let it go! I used to sail a lot in the channel (crew/navigator on an H boat) and lots of yards seemed to...

So they work, er, several million times harder than you or me? How do they find the time? 🤣

So it's for sheet material and Festool kit?

It was highly successful compared to the alternative; doing nothing,

So you can't back up your argument? There's a surprise! In any case nobody is suggesting "simply grabbing their money". That's known as a "reductio ad absurdam" argument.

They are very cheap and there are tons available 2nd hand. Why struggle away without basic tools?

1 Where did you get your figure from? Can you show us the calculation? 2 Do you think wealth distribution as it currently is, is the best and fairest possible? 3 We've had 200 or more years of astronomically increasing productivity, how is it that we still have low wages, the poor and homeless...

I'll have the Guiness please. I've already got a coping saw. I'd also add that our OP's saw horse design looks over fussy and not very useful. The best way for a beginner to knock up a saw horse is demonstrated by Robin Clevett, and this design with small refinements is the universally most...

It's been going on for thousands of years. You are a descendent of immigrants yourself; could be one, ten, fifty generations back Yes, from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. That's a very respectable communistic notion! You're not going a bit lefty are you Terry...