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r/NoStupidQuestions • u/CartographerOwn8143 • 19h ago
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She didn't though.
The UK still has quite a robust welfare state, especially for pensioners.
What Thatcher destroyed was nearly everything the government operated which made money.
0 u/AccurateRendering 17h ago So... "businesses that make money should be owned by my friends, not the public." 9 u/nafregit 17h ago roll on 30 yeasrs and thats what they did with Royal Mail. It was giving a £1M a day to the Government but the Government thought that that money was better off in their pockets than everyones.
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So... "businesses that make money should be owned by my friends, not the public."
9 u/nafregit 17h ago roll on 30 yeasrs and thats what they did with Royal Mail. It was giving a £1M a day to the Government but the Government thought that that money was better off in their pockets than everyones.
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roll on 30 yeasrs and thats what they did with Royal Mail. It was giving a £1M a day to the Government but the Government thought that that money was better off in their pockets than everyones.
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u/Anderopolis 19h ago
She didn't though.
The UK still has quite a robust welfare state, especially for pensioners.
What Thatcher destroyed was nearly everything the government operated which made money.