1. Teaching Maths In 1970 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? 2. Teaching Maths In 1980 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 80% of the price. What is his profit? 3. Teaching Maths In 1990 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80. How much is his profit? 4. Teaching Maths In 2000 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80 and his profit £20. Your assignment: using your keyboard, underline the number 20. 5. Teaching Maths In 2005 A logger cuts down some trees in a forest and is deemed to be selfish and inconsiderate because he cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. Your assignment: discuss how the birds and squirrels might feel when the logger destroys their nests for a measly profit of £20. 6. Teaching Maths In 2009 A logger is trying to cut down a tree but is arrested because it may be offensive to Muslims and other religious groups who were not consulted. He is also fined £100 as his chainsaw is in breach of Health and Safety regulations and is deemed to be dangerous because it might cut something. He has used the chainsaw for 20 years without incident but as he does not have the correct certificate of competence, he is considered to be a recidivist. A sample of his DNA is taken and his details are circulated to all government agencies. Despite protesting that this is in breach of human rights, he is taken to court and fined another £100 because he is such an easy target. When he returns home, he finds Gypsies have cut down half of his wood to build a camp. He tries to throw them off his land but is arrested and prosecuted for harassing an ethnic minority. He is fined another £100 and imprisoned for 30 days. While he is in jail, the Gypsies cut down the rest of his wood and sell it on the black market for £100. They also barbeque a squirrel and a pheasant. They depart leaving behind several tonnes of rubbish which includes some asbestos sheeting. On release, he is warned that failure to clear the fly-tipped rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He complains and is arrested for environmental pollution and is invoiced £12,000 plus VAT for safe disposal of the asbestos by a regulated government contractor. Your assignment: how many times is the logger going to be arrested and fined before he realises that he is never going to make £20 profit by hard work? Should he give up, sign on the dole and live off the state for the rest of his life? 7. Teaching Maths In 2013 A logger doesn’t sell a load of timber because he can’t get a loan to buy a new lorry as his bank has spent all of his and their money on a derivative of a secured debt relating to sub-prime mortgages in Alabama. All they were left with was some government money to pay a few million pounds of bonuses to their senior directors. The logger struggles to pay the £1,200 road tax on his old lorry but because it was built in 1970 and no longer meets emission regulations, he is forced to scrap it. Some Bulgarians buy the lorry from the scrap merchant and put it back on the road. They undercut everyone’s price for haulage and send their cash back home while claiming unemployment for themselves and their relatives. When questioned, they speak no English and it is easier to deport them at the government’s expense. Following their holiday back home they return to the UK with different names and several girls to staff a brothel. The logger protests and is accused of being a bigoted racist. As his name was on the side of the old lorry, he is forced to pay £1,500 registration fees as a gang master and arrested on suspicion of being a pimp. The Government borrows more money to pay to the banks and as Parliamentarians feel they are missing out, they claim extra expenses and allowances. You do the maths!
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