So, as promised, my next blog is about the radical, mundane, totally uncalled for attempt by the British Government to tell us to do something we already frakkin' do.
Maybe I was a little harsh. After all, the basic principle behind the Big Society scheme is noble: the government is basically asking normal people to take up the reigns of some local initiatives to help the country through a difficult financial time. Why should the British public immediately expect the government to take up responsibility for these things when we are all vividly aware that it simply can't without doing one of two things: raise taxes or borrow more money from the banks. Doing the first will simply outrage the usual suspects, and doing the second will just make the situation worse. Yes, it is understandable that people already have jobs, and rarely get the opportunity to do any kind of volunteer work, but there are plenty of people that are capable of participating in the activities related to Big Society.
Those that are capable of participating, participate. Those that aren't, dont'. I'll admit, having the government tell us what to do can seem rather patronising, but for the love of the gods don't do it for them. Do it for yourself. For your community. I'm hardly a poster-boy for Big Society, but that's beside the point. I'm finding it difficult to articulate myself... hold on.
Get off your lazy arse and do something to help your community. You'll feel empowered, informed, make lots of new friends and you might also find that you've just saved your local government a few thousand pounds, which can now go towards either improving the various services it provides for you, the public, or you may also find that your Council Tax bill has been lowered.
I apologise, I shouldn't have called you a lazy arse. For all I know, your arse is very active and it's just you. Booyah.
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