I know that 'the global economy' is only good for the 'top boys' and is shite for the lower minions (private sector) in society. But I cannot see how protecting the UKs job market is not a good thing alongside making foreign investment worthwhile to gain a financial input to our huge domestic market. Would I be correct that a tax on 'produced' imports against a lower tax (or tax breaks maybe) on 'produced' goods produced in the UK would create more jobs in the UK and therefore generate growth -- or am I missing something. Of course low employment taxes ERSNI would be required too. How about hugely taxing people who employ foreign nationals as against home grown workers. Don't get me wrong -- I object to tax in general but realise its necessity for given social requirements. But surely the system needs to work for the UK and its home businesses and not for the 'Global' economy. I know I'm being a tad simplistic -- but having things explained clearly helps me establish my position. And I cannot think of a better site for getting these things explained clearly. Comparing the failure of large nationalised industries with the banking industry is not really possible on a number of fronts. When the former go belly up (as most of ours did due to commie/socialist trade unions and socialist Labour governments) the loss is of jobs and the GDP from the shoddy goods they produced. But if the banking industry