andygardener Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 That's okay, we're already rich. We're just not getting any richer right now. Have a look around, you have power, water, internet, street lit tarmaced roads outside, a fire service, A&E, ambulance, police, and so on. There are public facilities too numerous to mention. We waste billions on all sorts of ridiculous projects that the government dream up, so in what way could we not be able to afford to repair the damage from a bit of flooding. Damage that is almost completely insured and where the estimates are in the 10's of millions of pounds worth? The UK GDP is roughly 1.6 trillion pounds. The cost of the damage is 0.001 % of our GDP. (If 20 million is accurate). I'm not remotely suggesting we get out the begging bowl to China and the like, quite the opposite as mentioned earlier. Just that we remember that we can at the moment no longer afford to give money away, or if we can then we should able to explain it to those who are having the current 20% across the board cuts affect them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I'm not remotely suggesting we get out the begging bowl to China and the like, quite the opposite as mentioned earlier. Just that we remember that we can at the moment no longer afford to give money away, or if we can then we should able to explain it to those who are having the current 20% across the board cuts affect them. Are you talking about foreign aid? It's not directly related to the question raised by Pattricia, but if we see it as a way of buying influence around the world, and we use that influence in our best interests, then it appears to be a much more sensible use of money than if we were simply giving it away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Are you talking about foreign aid? It's not directly related to the question raised by Pattricia, but if we see it as a way of buying influence around the world, and we use that influence in our best interests, then it appears to be a much more sensible use of money than if we were simply giving it away... What an intelligent reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintor Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 With the recent outbreak of flooding again sweeping Britain, I never hear of anyone,i.e. other countries donating money to help our cause.Are we the only ones who donate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki-red Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1088685&highlight=flood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 With the recent outbreak of flooding again sweeping Britain, I never hear of anyone,i.e. other countries donating money to help our cause.Are we the only ones who donate? Yes-we gave generously to help New Orleans after the hurricane and Britain financed the clean-up post the 9-11 bombing.We are the only country in the world to fund foreign projects.We are even funding the build-up of a nuclear arsenal in Iran which is to be fired at Sheffield and Maltby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmaximus Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yes-we gave generously to help New Orleans after the hurricane and Britain financed the clean-up post the 9-11 bombing.We are the only country in the world to fund foreign projects.We are even funding the build-up of a nuclear arsenal in Iran which is to be fired at Sheffield and Maltby What did Maltby do to anger Iran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speleo1 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 yes we only give donation, we dont seem to get any for our mishaps it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 What did Maltby do to anger Iran. It is considered a cultural centre and possibly if the treasures of Maltby go up in smoke the populace will be demoralised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 It's not hard to work out that charity usually involves the well off giving to the poor; as we are one of the worlds richest nations is it really all that surprising that we do not receive aid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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