tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post2348980627707193303..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Nicola's new appeal to self-interestLallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-62359511284296641032016-03-18T10:45:35.638+00:002016-03-18T10:45:35.638+00:00There's nothing ethically wrong with the conce...There's nothing ethically wrong with the concept of 'enlightened self-interest'.<br /><br />The clue is in the 'enlightened' bit.devorgillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885637866018093933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-49579566809612240642016-03-18T09:30:15.848+00:002016-03-18T09:30:15.848+00:00Osborne you got your budget spectacularly wrong th...Osborne you got your budget spectacularly wrong this time. Cut the taxes on the 40% earners as well as company tax - and slash the benefits for the disabled. Scotland unite ....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348180425673647984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-37644063513467477262016-03-17T21:01:36.826+00:002016-03-17T21:01:36.826+00:00An interesting view on the future road ahead and o...An interesting view on the future road ahead and one I would agree with in the sense that Holyrood is near enough a trolling (auto corrected from tipping...) point that it will be able to meaningfully differentiate services from WM. Up to this poimt Scotland has always had 'things done unto' and been unable to 'mitigate' in recemt parlance. The interesting point to note IMO is whether this will have any impact re #IndyRef2 outcomes. Consider, Holyrood achieves said 'better services' does Scotland literally buy this version of state operations or do the scales tip away from @thesnp? Battle Royal between 'British Values' aka South East England voting tendencies and @thesnp 'Nordic Model' so well desired here these parts. In any event fiscal divergence is a sure fire way to break the Union, anything will do for me, quicker the better though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-26576201682164809942016-03-17T17:33:15.691+00:002016-03-17T17:33:15.691+00:00Sod it, just copy Gary Bushell.Sod it, just copy Gary Bushell.Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-27429976988656634382016-03-17T17:21:48.220+00:002016-03-17T17:21:48.220+00:00Perhaps if you typed in a chirpy mockney modulatio...Perhaps if you typed in a chirpy mockney modulation? <br /><br />And shaved your head?Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-18716844024920292062016-03-17T16:30:57.637+00:002016-03-17T16:30:57.637+00:00If studies are to be believed living in a more equ...If studies are to be believed living in a more equal society in and of itself makes for a happier environment. The other way lies gated communities and ghettoesAlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-75480756168994601862016-03-17T15:43:12.034+00:002016-03-17T15:43:12.034+00:00Claim to fame: I did one write a short column on f...Claim to fame: I <i>did</i> one write a short column on football - crivvens - for <i>the Sun</i> once. It included the word "cops" too. Tabloid prose remains one of the toughest things I've ever attempted to write. Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-47920300909321031362016-03-17T15:39:14.290+00:002016-03-17T15:39:14.290+00:00Of course, it isn't an either/or, but it's...Of course, it isn't an either/or, but it's still a question of what is being stressed. I think it devalues the noble ideals of welfare to see it in the main as a personal insurance policy, as the Finnish lady appears to do. You also end up with hospitals which are swarming with malingerers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-23081919735392581792016-03-17T15:08:44.258+00:002016-03-17T15:08:44.258+00:00I’m not sure why this is phrased as an either/or c...I’m not sure why this is phrased as an either/or choice. The future is inherently unforeseeable, so it is rational to invest in an insurance policy even if, in the event, you never need it. Much the same applies to investment in public goods. Education is intrinsically valuable; it is also likely to earn you more money if you choose to go down that road; and there are many advantages in living in society where other people are also well-educated.<br /><br />In short, there are both self-interested and altruistic reasons for spending money on education, and on many other cultural and environmental goods. At the personal (micro) level self-interest and altruism sometimes conflict but at the public policy (macro) level there are good reasons to see them as complementary and mutually reinforcing. It’s a common fallacy of the media (and self-interested politicians) to confuse micro- and macro-economics, talking as though national budgets worked just the same as household budgets.<br />Dennis Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533079746508505314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-41839300450196822172016-03-17T14:34:19.369+00:002016-03-17T14:34:19.369+00:00Sorry, I was originally going to comment on this l...Sorry, I was originally going to comment on this lady from Finland being depraved. You pay tax for the greater good, not because you see yourself as an investor who expects a return. <br /><br />I don't personally ever want to enjoy wonderful public services, such as having a limb amputated by the NHS or spending years on the dole. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-45520923990034673832016-03-17T14:28:53.139+00:002016-03-17T14:28:53.139+00:00I agree with Conan. Man up and write for the Sun.
...I agree with Conan. Man up and write for the Sun.<br /><br />"Pwoar, take a look at the constitutional implications on that."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-69238714082837089702016-03-17T14:07:41.422+00:002016-03-17T14:07:41.422+00:00Ach The Times people are mostly fine, but when the...Ach The Times people are mostly fine, but when the bosses want rid of you you are out without ceremony as Simon Barnes (and some others) have learned. The trouble starts when a new fat arse attached to an otherwise lean and hungry Cassius takes over the dept.<br /><br />Not sure about the Nordic Northern Fairy Lights scenario Andrew - yes there is a Mr & Mrs 'Be Nice to each Other' vibe but there are also expectations and requirements of the citizen which would raise eyebrows to Spock level in Blighty, eg Norroway -<br /><br />http://mylittlenorway.com/2010/04/do-you-really-want-to-live-in-norway/<br /><br />As for Finland, if a recent BBC piece on teaching migrants how to fit in is anything to go by, yer man Anu is a long way from home indeed.<br />Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-91025695212724922016-03-17T13:44:41.455+00:002016-03-17T13:44:41.455+00:00Always happy to have you about, Conan ;-)Always happy to have you about, Conan ;-)Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-89631203365628019522016-03-17T13:37:04.260+00:002016-03-17T13:37:04.260+00:00On your new profile:
"I let myself be lured ... On your new profile:<br /><br />"I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease. I amused myself with being a flaneur, a dandy, a man of fashion. I surrounded myself with the smaller natures and the meaner minds."<br /><br />Working for the Times does that to you...Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.com