It All Boils Down To You And Me!
How or where the following statistical masterpiece originated we have been unable to discover. The author of it, whoever he may be, has examined the economic situation in Britain and arrives at the following stark facts:— Population of the United Kingdom 46,000,000; people of 65 years or older 12,000,000; balance left over to do the work 34,000,000; people of 18 years or younger 16,'000,000; balance left over to do the work 1,000,000; people working for the Government. 9,000,00; balance left over to do the work 9,000,000; people in the Armed Services 2,000,000; balance left over to do the work 7,000,000; people in State and Council offices 6,800,000; balance left over to do the work 200,000; people in hospitals and lunatic asylums, pols and greyhound racing 126,000; balance left over to do the work 74,000; spivs and others who won t work 62,000; balance deft over to do the work 12,000; pert sons in jail 11,999; balance left over to do the work 2. Two—you and me, and you’d better pull your socks up, for I’m getting fed up running this country alone!
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 37, 12 September 1949, Page 3
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190It All Boils Down To You And Me! Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 37, 12 September 1949, Page 3
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