tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738024787043971090.post6087171582076095710..comments2023-10-23T21:15:02.281+01:00Comments on The Age of Stupidity: Cuts, its never that easyPhill Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16427896363273348083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738024787043971090.post-47230071271966352772010-07-04T10:37:39.971+01:002010-07-04T10:37:39.971+01:00It was the free market that killed Coal etc not Th...It was the free market that killed Coal etc not Thatcher. Thatcher just let the free market do its job.<br /><br />We could have isolated Coal for example and not allowed cheaper coal to be imported. Same with our cars, Tvs etc. But this would have led to substandard products, continuing rising prices, and increasing poverty. We would be in a worse state if we followed this path.<br /><br />Now Phill Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427896363273348083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738024787043971090.post-44669326888106929682010-07-04T00:56:43.912+01:002010-07-04T00:56:43.912+01:00Funny how standing in a different place makes thi...Funny how standing in a different place makes things look different!Thatcher destroyed the coal industry,made way for cheap Asian rubbish imports which destroyed other British industry and brought the working people to their knees.If her policies had been far-sighted Britain wouldn't be in the mess it is in today.Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421069895155350144noreply@blogger.com