Has Jeremy Got The Answer?

[Khandro]

All he has to do is take the money from the rich and give it to the poor - simple.
Hang on, haven't I heard that before somewhere?

[ToraToraTora]

Jezza Hood! PMSL!

[ToraToraTora]

Here is a very good illustration of why socialism cannot work: http://www.thecommentator.com/article/646/does_socialism_work_a_classroom_experiment

[emmie]

not sure which Jeremy you mean>>

[Old_Geezer]

If one creates a B stupid straw man example then of course one can criticise it. It ought not need to be said but obviously socialism is not about everyone having the same regardless, it is about everyone contributing as they can and giving help to those in need, rather than letting them go to the wall in a 'strongest individual survives, devil takes the hindmost because society doesn't give a darn' attitude. It's about fitness of the society and strength in numbers as opposed to fitness of those individuals who do well for themselves at the expense of others. The idiot professor would do well to leave the job they are clearly incapable of doing, and perhaps looking at the Sit Vac column for a position as head clown.

[Baldric]

Jeremy who?

Do you have a link to something intelligent?

[Khandro]

Corbyn says: “So many people in modern Britain do what seems like the right thing to do. They get jobs, they spend all day working hard, they save to buy their own home, they raise children, they look after elderly or sick relatives. And yet, at the end of it, they get almost nothing left over as a reward.

“Compare their lives with the multinational corporations and the gilded elite who hide their money in the Cayman Islands because the Conservatives are too morally bankrupt to take them on.

“Labour in power will end this racket and make sure that everybody pays their taxes which fund our public services.”

It all sounds great, but why hasn't it ever been done before under Labour's watch, and exactly what is the plan?
How can you make comparison between the life of the person described in para.1 with a multinational company?

[andrew1707]

//Hang on, haven't I heard that before somewhere?//

Perhaps it was the bible... apparently it has a lot to say about the poor and how they should be treated.

[Khandro]

andrew1707, Yes, they have been around for a long time; Matthew 26:11