The Guilty Madmen of Whitehall (Nations Like Men Go Mad)

195 Pages·1969·5.211 MB·English

by  ELLIOTT, Andrew George

THE qUILTJT
MADMEN OP
WHITEHALL
NATIONS LIKE MEN GO MAD
by
ANDREW G. ELLlOT
With aForeword
by
The Rt. Hon. J. ENOCH POWELL,
M.B.E., M.P.
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KINGSWOOD, SURREY, U.K.
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Content'
Page
QUOTATIONS EXTRAORDINARY x
Nerofiddledinmorewaysthanone!
Acknowledgements xi
Foreword xii
Introduction xiv
Chapter One. GRADE A, Band C
SOCIALISTS 15
Two headscanbe worsethanone
The "Grade A" Socialist
The "Grade B" Socialist
The "Grade C" Socialist
Colour Prejudice
The Tragedy of Socialism
Chapter Two. THE PREVALENCE OF
POLITICAL PARANOIA (ILLUSIONS OF
GRANDEUR) AMONG POLITICIANS 29
"Whom thegods woulddestroy, theyfirst
make mad"
Ignorant Psychiatrists
What Is Madness?
Power Lust Can BecomeMadness
Opposition Cures Political Fools
Political Paranoia Rampant Among Cabinet
Ministers
SomePeople Can Judge On Sight
BackTo 1964And 1965
1966Onwards
v
ChapterThree. FIFTY-SIX MILLION
PLANNERS 39
"A Government whichputs itselfinto control
ofthepricesofthingsand thepricesof
people, (wages),puts itselfin controlof
everything andofeverybody"
ImportAnd Export Duty Blunders
Selective EmploymentTax Idiocy
PoliticalGifts Blunders
Brains,BasisOfOur Greatness, Go Away
The DepressedArea Rebate
Top Brains
Another Giant
Chapter Four. IDIOTIC AND PENAL
TAXATION DEFEATS ITS OWN END 52
Political bait hidesthehook!
My Day Dream
Public BlindedByIncomprehensibleLaws
Odds Wrong Again
Chapter Five. BRITAIN'S BIGGEST
INDUSTRY - AVOIDING TAX 67
"The more wetax people, themore it will
make them work."
IncomeTax AvoidanceAnd Evasion
(IncludingSurtax)
Death Duties Avoidance
Capital Gains Tax
BettingTax
CorporationTax
SomeRackets
PricesAnd IncomesBoard Racket
The Redundancy Joke
The DoleTrick
WorkingTheir "Tickets"
Dependent Relatives
The Man In The Street
Crazy Government
vi
ThePoor AreCaught
The "Good" Old Days
Chapter Six. KILL THE SMALL IS SECRET
SOCIALIST TARGET 87
The smallfirms ofBritain employ
approximatelyhalfourpeople andproduce
halfofouroutput
"Modern Business NeedsTo BeDone On
A BigScale"
"The SmallFirm NeedsThe Umbrella Of
The LargeFirm To Protect It"
"Small Firms Cannot Export BecauseThey
Do Not Know How"
"Small Firms Do Not Earn Enough Profits"
"Small Firms Are Weak On Research"
Nearly500,000SmallFirms
BeTrue To Ourselves
The 1965And SubsequentBudgets
TellAll Your Secrets!
Chapter Seven.THE TWO FLOPS -
EDUCATION AND NATIONAL HEALTH 103
"Therearepeople whoare so robust that not
evenmedical treatment willharm them"
Permissive Education!
"Fee" or "State" Schools
ChoiceOfParents More ImportantThan
Your School
The National Health Service
Chapter Eight. GOLD FOR THE WHIZ KIDS 121
Whenever a commodity becomes scarce,
demandfor it tends to increase; as the value
ofmoney dwindles, the clamourfor more of
it grows
OnlyThePoor StayPoor
vii
HighCost Planning!
Turn IncomeInto Capital
NewEntertainingLarks
Chapter Nine. THE JACKPOTIERS 130
Reducing temptation alsoreducesevil
The PrizeFight
HaveYour CakeAnd Eat It.
Chapter Ten. THE UNION MAN AND THE
ASSOCIATION MAN ARE MISSING THE
BOAT 133
Trade Unionsexist to keep membership up
whichresults inkeeping wagesdown. Trade
(orProfessional) Associations existto keep
profitsup andmembership down
The Old-FashionedTrade Unions
The Trade Associations
The AssociationMan - Grade A
The AssociationMan- Grade B
Inflation
"Training" Levies
Chapter Eleven. UP THE SOCIALIST SPOUT 155
Thefifty-eight thousand additional civil
servants willnot be enoughto administer the
waste!
Double The Cost
The Planners Can't Estimate
Money Far And "Wide"
G.P.O. WinsTop PrizeFor Lunacy
The Ark Royal Lark
Chapter Twelve. WHAT I HAVE TRIED TO
DO AND WHAT YOU MIGHT DO 164
The average manfeels helplessin theface of
Government, Trade Unionor Association
viii