RogerS
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wobblycogs":2rldtzpx said:......
I know this will go down like a lead balloon but why should be we subsidize (directly or indirectly) people living in rural communities?
You're right. It has. Rarely have I seen such a post that it is so out of touch with reality and unsympathetic. I think that you deserve the prize for 'Selfish Sweeping Generalisation of the Year'.
wobblycogs":2rldtzpx said:The cost of most services is going to be more expensive in rural locations,
What has this got to do with the topic in question? What services? The only service we get is the refuse collection. Or perhaps you want all those sending their children to the local primary school should pay a levy.
wobblycogs":2rldtzpx said:......
the people there should take that into account
What exactly is 'that' ? We/they pay their council taxes like everyone else. Or are you saying that there should be a premium levied on the council tax because the refuse lorry has to drive further? How about a levy on those living in towns and cities to compensate for the extra time that the refuse lorries have to spend due to road congestion?
wobblycogs":2rldtzpx said:and, if they don't like it, do what we all have to and move somewhere else.
Really? And where do you propose that they move to? The cities? And how are they going to afford that? Have you seen the price differentials? And never mind all the people that actually work and live in the community. Sod the nurses. They can go and live in the cities. The primary school teacher can do that as well....only they will then need to reverse commute back to the rural primary schools.
How are 80 year-olds going to get a mortgage to pay for their new hovel in the city?
wobblycogs":2rldtzpx said:I'm not completely without heart, I have some sympathy for farmers and others that actually work on the land as they absolutely have to be there but from what I can see they make up a fairly small percentage of the people that now live in rural locations
Really? You've made an exhaustive journey throughout the length if the British Isles so you know this to be a fact?
What's next? Ethnic cleansing?