tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post116245915525876777..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: ASBO's R UsKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1164367289818603042006-11-24T11:21:00.000+00:002006-11-24T11:21:00.000+00:00Why not just ban kids?The immediate benefit would ...Why not just ban kids?<BR/><BR/>The immediate benefit would be a reduction in the cost of child related allowances and in the medium terms a none existent feeder pipe for juvenile malcontents.<BR/><BR/>Nanny's plans for getting more women to work would be easier to implement and less expensive if there was no childcare overhead.<BR/><BR/>Additionally hitting the Kyoto may become a little easier although it would not be certain that the reduction of energy use related to children would be maintained since adults might make use of more energy, via gadgets and travel, with their new found free time and disposable income. However that could all be mopped up by taxes without running the risk of being accused of being anti-family.<BR/><BR/>There may be some problems around 20 to 30 years down the line when a lack of new workers beomes evident but the savings up to that point should buy plenty of time to offset the problem - and there is always immigration to fall back on.<BR/><BR/>There could be so many other benefits as well - less need to build unsuitable housing, reduction in water demand, closure of the education debate and the elimination of student, and therefore quite a lot of adult, debt.<BR/><BR/>If the timing was well planned in the political cycle the 20 year legacy of taxation shortfall, when it eventually bites, could mean enormous difficulties for whoever was in power at the time. If we were to assume an oscillation of approximately 10 year periodicity for which party is nominally in charge of the country one could predict whether the ensuing problems would come home to roost or stitch up the other lot. So a perfect political strategy!<BR/><BR/>Even the overcrowded jail system problem could be solved by reducing the input feed, thus leaving plenty of space to incarcerate people who leave the windows in their re-cycled envelopes and OAP's (if such a classifaction still exists by then) who are unable to pay their council taxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com