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MP claimed consumers were wealthier than ever

September 1, 2008 by admin  
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Most consumers are now feeling the pinch to put it mildly with household budgets stretched to their limits due to rising living costs, soaring petrol prices, increased food costs, and high borrowing costs. Yet, according to a recent report one Labour MP has branded the British public as being miserable and has said that consumers in the UK are actually wealthier than ever. Transport Minister, Tom Harris, made the comments some weeks ago, and was slated by other officials given the financial crisis that many households are suffering.

An official from the Treasury recently stated: ‘Tom Harris’s breathtaking comments raise Labour’s arrogance and complacency to a whole new level. Like his boss, Gordon Brown, he clearly lives on a different planet from ordinary hard-working families - who are struggling with soaring living costs, stagnant earnings and falling house prices. The short answer to Mr Harris’s question asking why everyone is so miserable is, “Because we’ve got Gordon Brown as our Prime Minister”.’

Mr Harris had stated: ‘In our own country today, despite the recent credit squeeze, our citizens have never been so wealthy. High-def TVs fly off the shelves at Tesco quicker than they can be imported. Whatever the latest technological innovation, most people can treat themselves to it. Eating out - a rare treat when I was a child in the Seventies - is as commonplace as going shopping. And when we do go shopping, whether for groceries or for clothes, we spend money in quantities that would have made our parents gasp.’

He continued: ‘There are more two-car homes in Britain today than there are homes without a car at all. ‘We live longer, eat healthier, have better access to forms of entertainment never imagined a generation ago, the majority of us have fast access to the worldwide web, which we use to enable even more spending and for entertainment.’

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