tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post4534536222893549279..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: In which I defend the indefensible...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-33469169425648013542011-11-23T14:41:28.703+00:002011-11-23T14:41:28.703+00:00Good post.
But when did the law of unintended con...Good post.<br /><br />But when did the law of unintended consequences ever get in the way of leftist do-gooders?<br /><br />They haven't learned their lesson yet and they're unlikely to learn it this time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-51331224215467564762011-11-19T00:34:14.357+00:002011-11-19T00:34:14.357+00:00Well said, Sir!
It needs to be borne in mind that...Well said, Sir!<br /><br />It needs to be borne in mind that every loan incurs a set-up cost, which for short-term loans will seriously distort the APR.<br /><br />And, if you cap loans, it will simply encourage illegal lenders.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-28648728244713144742011-11-18T20:49:50.537+00:002011-11-18T20:49:50.537+00:00Can't see how that's indefensible. I alway...Can't see how that's indefensible. I always find it quite funny that governments of every stripe always, but always, pass laws which penalise the less well off when they are designed to help them.<br /><br />Just add this one to the long list.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-79412562612088482542011-11-18T20:32:48.405+00:002011-11-18T20:32:48.405+00:00Spot on. What is it about these bleeding hearts th...Spot on. What is it about these bleeding hearts that want "to do something" but have no idea of what real life is like in the real world and they end up creating misery where before there was at least a little hope.<br /><br /> I've been poor all my life but I'm glad that under Thatcher's Govt I was able, without a mass of obstacles or cost, to become a professional and earn a living wage. <br /><br /> The poor are attacked by the do-gooders in so many ways now that I find myself screaming daily : "Pleasee make it stop."Pat Nurse MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591807335364002658noreply@blogger.com