Quote of the day 15th June 2018
Nick Herbert on his visit to flood hit areas of Cumbria
Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the
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a classic example is the "left" saying they wont use self service scanners, as they wont allow these companys to take peoples jobs.
Of course they never realise that the "Living wage" is the reason so many self service scanners were introduced.
If we want society to get richer we have to increase productivity and that means employing people on jobs which add more value. If people are employed in doing something which generates more wealth, that's a good thing.
But if we put up the living wage to a point where there is a net fall in jobs - e.g. we destroy more jobs than we get people into - and there will come a point where that happens, this will be a bad thing. Which is why it is important that if we have a minimum wage or a living wage, it must be set by people who understand the realities of the business world, and not by an auction of politicians competing to see who can promise more.