MPs call for a minimum alcohol pricing
So Scottish MP's are concerned we will lose an ancient Scottish tradition? Alcohol unit pricing at 40p per unit only hurts those who buy very cheap alcohol, the people who buy alcohol to get drunk. The tradition that MPs get misty eyed about is the Scottish whisky industry, and I for one, have never heard of whisky at less than 40p/ unit.
People are dying out there. Yes, we of the society have become rich enough to kill ourselves, and unfortunately, the nanny state leads us to believe that we can do whatever we like because the Health Service will put it all right again.
So MPs. are being asked to consider a minimum price on cheap alcohol. What's not to like?
Dare I say it, the funds the run their election campaigns? Or is it even more sinister than that? This isn't about taking away freedoms, this is about preserving life.
Come on you wimps, stand up for what is right for once. And let us hope that this minimum pricing also applies in the House of Commons bar.
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Lobbying Government
"We send our representatives to Washington so that they can work for us. When they get there, they work for big business" - so said a Time Magazine reader shortly before Obama was elected. It felt exactly the same under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - far far from the old Labour who represented the working class, these politicians enjoyed being wined and dined by bankers, owning many houses, picking up £30,000 for an after dinner speech.
So it is always interesting to see what's happening in USA.
Who’s really spending big in DC?
Wanna know who’s really going to town, buying your elected representatives?
Take a look at the following chart from OpenSecrets.org, reprinted with permission from the Center for Responsive Politics:
Could this be why the Health Care bill ended up being such a compromise - nothing to do with the needs of the people, and everything to do with the needs of the big healthcare companies?
The same site further says that whoever goes into the election with the biggest budget almost always wins.