My view for what it is worth is that politics is an arena that you have to work within but it doesn't necessarily stop you from thriving.
I've no say in if we end up with a Conservative government, or a Labour one, or a coalition of some sort.
I can't influence what the tax rate will be, or if we go to war in some middle eastern country or other, or if we allow loads of east europeans into the country or if we vote to leave the EU - so I've learned not to worry about it.
What I can do though is use whatever bit of brain I've been given, whatever heart that beats in my chest and whatever determination I have in my soul and do the best for me and my family.
I've worked hard, I've got a good education the hard way by holding down a job during the day whilst doing years of night school paid by myself, to better my chances as I came from a poor family - everyone I knew were poor - just the way it was.
I've seen plenty over the years take the piss at work - and maybe because its my age I think it gets worse as the years go by.
I was smart enough to earn myself a chance and when I finally got it, I worked damned hard at keeping it and carry on moving up.
I've never forgot where I came from and I've never shafted anybody in my life, I've always played fair and given respect even when I was probably a fool to do so at times.
I've had set backs along the way but I simply worked harder to overcome them.
Nobody gave me anything, I used whatever I was entitled to and worked to find the money to pay forwhatever I was not entitled too.
Of course politicians can and do put unwanted barriers in your way - but so to does life - you simply have to find a way to overcome them.
I was born and raised a socialist and probably still am at my core but I've never been militant with my employers, even when they did exploit me - I simply saw it as a time to move on - even taking sideways or backwards moves in order to move forward overall.
In the end I even became an employer of people, who I've always treated honestly and fairly - again at times when I knew they were trying to play me as a mug.
I'm not bitter or angry for the times that were hard, neither am I smug or selfsatisfactory that I made something of myself.
At the end of the day only you can make something of yourself. It's no point blaming others for the position you find yourself in.
I'm nothing special, I certainly didn't set out in life to have aspirations of earning millions, I never dreamt I'd have a massive career change relatively late in my career - so if I can do it, so can anyone else.
So whoever end up in power in early May won't effect me very much. Yes I might end up paying more tax - or maybe even less, I might have a NHS to go to or I might have to pay to go privately, I might have Farage's Romainian family moving in next door or we might be on our way out of the EU - but I can't do anything about any of that.
What I can do is continue to put enough away for mine and my familys future and thank my lucky stars that I've depended on myself and not my politican to look after me!
Last edited by Sluffy on Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:42 pm; edited 1 time in total
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