Senator Shenton is quoted in tonight's Jersey Evening Post as saying that "Ministers are more interested in looking after rich boat-owners than in ordinary pensioners".
Mr. Shenton, I didn't know that you had to be rich to own a boat and I also didn't know that all boats are in fact "floating gin palaces". How easy it is to twist the truth in an attempt to be popular.
I have total sympathy for struggling pensioners, and with all of us living longer the burden on our society when I reach retirement age will be a massive one on our economy.
That is why it is so vital that our economy remains strong. That is why we need to attract as many people to our shores as possible, so that they spend their money in our economy. Yes the economy from which we all benefit, even pensioners Senator.
If these "gin swilling" boat owners come to Jersey and fill up their boats with fuel provided by local companies, what other services might they require? Well they might just spend some of their ill gotten gains in local shops. They might just ask a local marine company to carry out repairs to their boat whilst here.
And if these "gin palaces" don't come to our shores then what? Small marine businesses get shut down. There are fewer profits to be taxed, and I'm afraid those "struggling pensioners" will be in a worse position than ever before.
Why does a relatively intelligent man like Ben Shenton and so many of his ilk always want to bite the hand that feeds?
By the way I don't own a boat, which must make me very poor indeed!
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Absolutely! Ben Shenton's argument is reductive, vindictive, and reactive. (That's a lot of -ives).
Can't Ben Shenton separate two blindingly different issues, and argue an issue on its own merits?
Come on Senator: raise your game!
Hi Phil,
For a moment there I thought I was the only one who thought that way, even without the -ives
David
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