“I don't think anyone wakes up and thinks 'gosh, I wish the state was smaller today than it was yesterday’.”
Madsen Pirie replies:
“He's mostly right, though there are a few of us who do put it in those terms (we tend to use the subjunctive were smaller).
Other people probably wake up and think things like:
I wish I got to keep more of my pay without all those deductions.
I wish the planners hadn't stopped me building a conservatory out back.
I wish Ben were not facing prosecution for waving a cricket bat at those muggers.
I wish I could get some help in the house and looking after the kids without all that form-filling stuff when you hire anyone.
I wish my car didn't cost so much extra because of those EU rules.
I wish Gran could pass on her house and savings without all that inheritance tax.
I wish the nativity play and carol concert hadn't been banned by the local council.
I wish the local butcher hadn't been forced to close his business.”
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Thanks to Dr. Helen Szamualy
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