The British Economy and Austerity

The British Economy isn't doing that well at present. Since 2008 and the financial collapse, many people have lost their life savings, even their lives, but people were optimistic and thought we would see a recovery.

It has been 7 years and we're still suffering from the after-effects of the recession. Here in Britain our Government has imposed what they call 'austerity', which is just their way of saying they will cut funding to public services, force people off benefits (even disabled people!) whilst at the same time giving more money to the European Union (which we have never been allowed to have our say on) and to foreign dictators (they call it 'foreign aid, but it's not helping many out of poverty!).

There seems to be a lot of people telling us all that a free market is great, it will solve everything. The problem is, this isn't entirely accurate. We have a free market yet there are more and more people becoming unemployed as a result. A steel company has announced it will be making nearly 2,000 people redundant and 'mothballing' it's UK plant. This is due to low prices for steel, and high energy costs that make it difficult for them to run said plants. Other companies have also complained about the same and have asked the British Government to intervene, but State aid is against European Union rules (well, for us it is, not the French or Germans is seems...) so we cannot help businesses here in Britain.

Although I do agree that a free market is beneficial to many, I believe a mixed economy is better. A strong economy needs a free market along with Government intervention when required. Keynes had the right idea, and I am a strong supporter of having increased Government investment to give the economy a boost. This is easily done and doesn't, as many claim, automatically result in inflation. A Government could easily choose to purchase goods and services from many small and medium sized businesses to help increase their earnings, and if they earn enough as a result, then it can create new jobs. The benefit for the Government, in addition to having a good strong economy they can boast about, is the businesses will return most of the money to the Treasury in the form of taxes. This isn't just corporation tax (companies) or PAYE/NIC (self-employed and employed) but also as VAT related taxation. So the Government will find it's investment returned with a nice 'profit', and at the same time they have given people hope.

InstaGC and Earning in Cyberspace

Since the invention of the World Wide Web, there have been so many ways that people have made money. Some of these are scams, pyramid schemes or not even very clever frauds, but we have seen communities springing up to warn potential victims of these scams, and to redirect those people to legitimate opportunities. Personally I have been scammed before, but there's not a lot that can be done about it so I report them and just have to move on.

And it's in this spirit of moving on, and helping others to find a good opportunity to earn that I write this post. We've all seen the websites that ask you to join them and earn lots answering surveys, but what you may not realise is that some of these sites don't just have boring surveys (let's face it, surveys are boring, who really likes answering the same questions over and over?), they also reward you for watching videos (mainly just adverts) plus doing tasks such as visiting websites. Yes, you earn points for just simply clicking through to a website, sometimes it's just that simple. There are some that require some interaction but a site showing 10 naturally beautiful women (without makeup, but fully clothed) isn't exactly a chore and just requires you to click through them and occasionally enter a code. Easy.

One such site is InstaGC. You do the tasks, watch videos, answer surveys and earn points for doing all this. And the best bit is the payout. For the minimum £1 gift card (they actually let you have a gitf card for £1, something that's unheard of elsewhere, these gift cards are for various platforms, Amazon, iTunes, Playstation Network etc), you just need to have 160 points. I currently have £2 in giftcards (I like to test these things so redeemed my points) and all I have to do is use the code I received from InstaGC to use those giftcards on Amazon. It's a nice easy way to earn, the more you do the more you earn. So please have a look and if you sign up please pop back and tell me. It's nice to see that people are doing well

If you want to take a look, the link is RIGHT HERE!

Steve ;-)