"I problem is that everyone now expects a life like the one they were promised by the politicians"
Nobody does - who the **** bbelieves anything the politicians promise?
All the workers I ever worked with wanted was enough so as not to have to worry about feeding, clothing and educating their families - it has always been the already wealthy who have sought an income they would never been able to spend in ten lifetimes.
People want what their input into society entitles them to - the Socialist dream "From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs".
Jim Carroll
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