My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Thatcher links her policies to traditional values like hard work, financial prudence, and civic duty.
- In plain terms
- Her politics rely on common sense values like saving and working hard.
- What can you take from it?
- Ground policy in shared everyday values.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What values should guide public policy?
- How do personal habits relate to national economics?
Another view
Traditional values may not address modern structural economic issues.
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