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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 14:17:17 +0000
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On 05/11/2024 09:34, D wrote:
> But fear not! The government is always there to make a good thing worse

In the UK Blair rationalised turning all the vocational colleges into 
'universities'  on the grounds that people with degrees all had well 
above average salaries.

The net result is we have people with degrees in gender studies serving 
up fries, but you cant get a good plumber for love nor money.

-- 
"Nature does not give up the winter because people dislike the cold."

― Confucius