Utopia Talk / Politics / Chunnel For Sale

Liberal Member	Mon Oct 12 09:12:35 Wanna Buy the Chunnel? Get it Now From Slash Gordon Brown mounts $25.3B asset sale, including underwater rail link Posted 5 hours, 31 minutes ago in World | Share Share (Newser) â?? British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is launching a massive $25.3 billion sell-off of Britain's assets, ranging from student loans to the Chunnel linking England and France, in order to reduce record deficits and maintain public expenditures. As the British election draws nearer, the Labor Party is attempting to burnish its credentials for fiscal responsibility by privatizing infrastructure, energy companies, and even a sports betting company. Several political figures last night called the plans the biggest privatizations in over 20 years. With the real estate market depressedâ??and to avoid accusations of a "fire sale"â??Brown will spread sales over two years, and is refusing to sell any land until markets improve. Yet Labor has struggled in the past to get peskier assets off the public books. It has been stuck with its share in the state gambling company Tote for years despite promising to sell it off in 2001. In 2008 the government nearly sold it, but pulled back at the last minutes after deciding the market was too weak. â??Jason Farago Source: Guardian (UK) http://www...-it-now-from-slash-gordon.html
Paramount Member	Mon Oct 12 12:43:16 Nope, I don't want to buy a chunnel.
Sarcasm Member	Mon Oct 12 12:55:19 This, though quite disasteful imo, is nothing new to the UK. I couldnt believe it when I saw London Bridge painted in the US colors 15 years ago.
Rugian Member	Mon Oct 12 18:20:08 Wow, turns out socialist governments are unprofitable. Whodathunkit?
mexicantornado Member	Mon Oct 12 21:31:07 It is almost as if socialist policies will eventually lead to bankruptcy and therefore collapse... Say....
Formerly Fred Member	Mon Oct 12 21:33:58 "Chunnel For Sale" I already have one. It's very nice.
Firestorm Phoenix Member	Mon Oct 12 21:38:35 May we see it?
roland Member	Mon Oct 12 21:43:09 Wow, they are trying to reduce the budget deficit, what a shock.
Liberal Member	Tue Oct 13 02:23:33 When Obama tries to auction off The Statue of Liberty and finds no takers, Freedom will be dead. Perhaps forever.
Sam Adams Cat Member	Tue Oct 13 02:31:40 ^ Lolol
CrownRoyal Member	Tue Oct 13 02:32:07 "When Obama tries to auction off The Statue of Liberty and finds no takers, Freedom will be dead." What if an Arab sheikh buys it? Then Freedom lives on?
Liberal Member	Tue Oct 13 02:35:11 That would be worse if he is a terrorist.
CrownRoyal Member	Tue Oct 13 02:38:35 "That would be worse if he is a terrorist." Why immediately terrorist? He'd be a normal freedom-loving Arab sheik. The point is, there'd be a buyer. So Freedom lives on!
Sam Adams Cat Member	Tue Oct 13 02:40:23 Add one more evil thing about Obama that never happened to put on the loooong list of evil things Obama did that never happened. "Went to extremist madras school, is muslim, hates the USA, is a babykiller, refuses to salute the USA, would sell the statue of liberty, etcetcetc"
freaky boy Member	Tue Oct 13 03:11:09 hmmm, chunnel, no, not in that colour, but thanx for offering.
www.yeswecansong.com Member	Tue Oct 13 09:02:51 A true libertarian should demand that the Statue of Liberty will be sold to a private investor.
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