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Listed below are comments made by robtlsoc between Tuesday, 7th July 2009 and Tuesday, 7th July 2009.

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Chancellor's warning 10:24pm on 07 Jul 2009 dlilley I really don't buy it; binge drinking is a very complex phenomenon; I'm not sure anyone is actually certain about its causes and I don't think your assertion that its all down to redistribution holds water. The fact is the NMW is one of the most positive contributions this labour government has made; sure its increased dramatically but this is more a reflection of the fact that it was (and arguably still is much too low) and of the remarkably low base - i.e doubling pay is not a very dramatic move when it only entails a rise of £2.50 per hour. Any compassionate human ought to sympathise with the vast downtrodden population of this country, rather than stereotyping them as binge drinkers. Its scandalous that we made do so long without a minimum wage at all. What really ought to cause a scandal is the gross pay of city fat cats, its high time we started really stripping them of their ill gotten gains by means of heavy redistributive taxation.

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