Knowledge
Some of you will learn a couple of things here. These things may prove to be somewhat useful.
I hope so.
There is a reason for this little quiz. If you know what you are talking about, fine. But many do not know what they are talking about. Yet confidently make assertions, propositions and claims that do not chime with physics. Claims which are dumb, stupid. Claims that would not be made if they knew some basic physics.
Let’s see how you get along. This is pretty basic stuff.
Q1
Select the three items that use a lot of electricity. (Notably more power compared with the others.)
Q2
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There are safe points for the mace to be released. Choose the safe points. The mace will fly off and do you great harm if it is released at the wrong point.
Some people think it would fly off like this.
It will not.
Q3
Removing stuff from your car such as pushchairs, golf buggies, miscellaneous tools, drinks that are never to be drunk, bits and bobs, will do what?
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Q4
Economics.
The government is paying private landlords vast amounts to house certain citizens. It could be building homes instead for them to live in. Doing so would reduce the costs. Let's see by how much.
If the house costs £200,000 to build. What is the annual capital cost? Interest rate 5%
Do not use a calculator. It is a quick fire easy sum.
On top of the capital costs, we must include the cost of managing the property and carrying out safety checks. Insurance too. £3000 per year. These are costs that are borne by private landlords.
The capital costs do not pay the house off. However, inflation will eat away at the real terms cost. Countering that are ongoing upkeep costs to consider. New windows, new doors, roof repairs, electrical rewiring, heating system replacement and so on.
A government owned/built house may cost £1083 per month. That could compare favourably with private rentals at £1400 per month or more. However, there is a catch to consider. Private rentals are taxed. If at an average of 25% the cost to the exchequer is £1400 - £350 = £1050
Is there a significant disparity between the cost of paying private landlords and building/buying houses to be run by the state?
The moral of this tale: there are lots of things to consider when proposing political ideas. Most do not do the sums. Most are economically illiterate yet believe they know best.
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