Stop The Moaning and Start The Healing

The last 2 days I have heard things on LBC that have concerned me, wound me up, annoyed me and slightly peed me off. So I decided to vent.
Prepare for some venting.

Vent no. 1
Yesterday I heard people complaining about the amount of money the heads of banks are getting paid and the fact that the government are thinking of creating some legislation that will limit the amount they can get paid and of course people were agreeing with the governments idea. MORONS and I mean that in the most insulting way. Apologies if you are one of these people but hear me out (then call me a moron back if you like)
In this country we seem to eagerly hunt down and punish the successful. For starters these bosses are not the only ones to blame for the financial crisis, Ill come back to that later. They were only the ones that fired the starting pistol on the whole recession race. Just take a look at the state of the banks now, they are raking the money in. They have gone from being heavily in debt to being quite healthily in profit. Now who do you suppose has done this. Let me think now, do you suppose it could be the bosses who are now being paid well. Don't you think that anyone who can take a multinational business from near bankruptcy to swimming in profit should be rewarded well, regardless of what went on before. Yes there were mistakes by the banks and yes it cost the country deeply but these bosses, or fat cats if you prefer, have turned the banks around. I wish I were capable of doing that but unfortunately, just like most of us (including the moaners and complainers), I cannot. But these men can and did. So don't they deserve paying well? Lets not forget also that these businesses also employ thousands upon thousands of people, that's a lot of people to be responsible for and a lot of stress. The government is planning on capping their earnings at 1million, 'thats a lot' your probably saying and yes it is. These guys are currently getting paid up to 4 mill at the moment. Lets not forget though that the top rate of tax is %50, so if these guys earn 4 mill then that's nigh on 2 mill in tax, now isn't that better than 500000. Sure they will look at ways of paying less tax and that sure does pee the moaners and complainers off even more, but what they won't do is admit that given half the chance they would do the same. So we not only want to punish the success of these people but we also want to punish them for doing something that each and every one of us would do if we could.
All this is because of two things. One, people are jealous of the money they earn and 2, people want to punish the banks for the problems that we are going through right now. Both of these reasons carry no weight and hold no water, they are trivial and childish.
Now back to the other people responsible for the countries troubles, the ex-government. These were the people that encouraged, I repeat that, encouraged the banks to lend out more riskier loans in order to try to encourage growth and failed to regulate the banks properly for fear of capping that growth. They also spent years spending money the country didn't have to create public sector jobs. Great you might say, more jobs for the people, problem is these jobs don't make any money. They are non-profit making rolls, as are most within the public sector. So the money to pay for these jobs came out of the public purse with very little going back in till eventually, you guessed it, they ran out of money. So much so that Mr. Brown sold off nearly all of our gold reserves. I think my wife has more gold on her finger that the government currently has in its vaults. The government took us to the edge of the cliff, the banks merely gave the final push. Sure there needs to be regulation to prevent anything like this happening again, yes there needs to be safeguards to stop irresponsible banking but does that mean we should punish success. NO, if we start doing that it will drive the big business's out of the country to more understanding shores. And that would cripple the country far more than we could ever imagine.

Vent no. 2

Today I heard about a new high speed rail road from London to Birmingham and then slowly stretching beyond up to Edinburgh. Guess what people were saying about this. Yup you got it right, they moaned and complained once again.
People were saying that it wasn't worth it, it wouldn't speed up the journey by enough to make it worth the investment, we can't afford it, we don't need it. SHUT UP PEOPLE!!!!

They complain, they whinge, they moan, they sit around tables in pubs spouting nonsense about how it won't improve anything. What happened to the pioneering spirit that allowed us to rule half the world? What happened to the thirst for innovation that allowed us to take the lead in many areas of science and industry. It seems to me it has disappeared under the weight of a nation wide blanket of endless complaining. To say I'm disappointed in the way the people think is an understatement.

Now before you start bleating that I'm a Tory, right wing voter let me just tell you that I don't trust any of them. They are all corrupt and the expenses scandal proved it. I just stand for the truth of what is good for the country and for the people as a whole and that means I support the success and rewarding of success. I support innovation and the need to invest in the countries infer structure in order to keep us competitive as a small island in a big world.
Its all this complaining that fuels the recession, its the whinging that prevents the country from being what it is capable of being, that stops it from being great once again. Just like the complainers have stopped Heathrow from being the central hub of global travel for Europe they are in danger of making sure this sick old man of Europe keels over and dies.

So stop the complaining, stop the moaning and start embracing the changes that are needed to keep this country an active part of a global society. When the government wants to invest in new transport links and runways cheer for them. When big bosses are getting big money for making big profits congratulate them and welcome more of the global winners to this country, get them to bring their businesses here. And for gods sake stop frowning and start smiling. Yes times are hard but if we all head out this weekend and spend an extra £10 guess what. Some business's may even start making money. If we start behaving in a more rational way and stop believing everything the media sells us then we may be able to start putting things right. The longer we live in fear the longer we will be told to live in fear.

Venting over.

Now lets start putting things right and lets start living a little more. Like the Monty Python team said.......
"Always look on the bright side of life."

Till next time...

The voice has spoken.