Cuts Cuts Cuts

[jasper65 6]

keep hearing lately the country needs massive Cuts to reduce the deficit. So far we now have a Aircraft Carrier with no planes after scrapping the Harrier , includeing other massive cuts in the MOD plublic sector.

 

I'm sure we'll all be effected one way or another? Long term will it be Good for the country or not?

 

Osbourne Wields Axe

[Richie10 345]

Well if your wife(Labour)spents too much on the credit card, do you continue spending or do you make cuts to pay off the bill?

 

People are moaning about the cuts and it affect everyone. So should we go back to Labour and pretend everything is fine and continue spending?

 

They could make cuts by not sending the police helicopter for shoplifters!

[rob.i 26]

Yeah get everyone off the dole and off incapacity benefit then put half a million on the dole half a million less to pay tax Hmmmm summat not quite logical there unless its cheaper to keep people on benefits

[artic 595]

This is the end!

 

I really cannot see a way out of this mess.

 

Scary times ahead.

[andyfr1968 772]

It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

 

We're in a lot more trouble than they're admitting.

[rob.i 26]

Dont worry Mr Osborne and his cronies have tucked their spare cash away in trust funds and offshore accounts to avoid tax maybe they,ll share some of it

[shepp 2,285]

There are 101 problems to sort out.

Public sector with.500,000 too many employees, but where will they find other jobs?

Countless people in London earning big money and living in or sub letting council houses, especially big amongst immigrants.

People on long term disability and other benefits, who just don't want to work, sucking dry out taxes.

Women pumping out kids for more benefits.

 

All that and human rights laws that will probably ham string any policy required to fix things.

[shepp 2,285]

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[foxfan 479]

35 billion a year in foriegn aid, ringfenced. 42 million per DAY on the EU, set to increase, and yet they target benefits, now we see the reason why they allowed mass immigration. . .to end the welfare state.

[rob.i 26]

35 billion a year in foriegn aid, ringfenced. 42 million per DAY on the EU, set to increase, and yet they target benefits, now we see the reason why they allowed mass immigration. . .to end the welfare state.

Cynical but true this load of bandits will make life shit for everyone but themselves just like any other government.

[parkstone 24]

DON'T PANIC EVERYONE THEYVE ANNOUNCED FOREIGN AID WILL NOT BE AFFECTED?

 

What happened to charity begins at home?

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[PeakOil 352]

I am no fan of the Tory party, however I do agree with them probably 85-90% that significant cuts NEED to be implemented sooner rather than later, even though it puts my job at risk. No doubt as ALL political parties do they will cock some of the process up and the poorer in society will feel the results more sharply, exactly the same as it would happen under New Labour.

 

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.

 

Applies to individuals, businesses and governments. In my opinion nothing should be ring fenced, every department should at least be up for discussion. It is morally reprehensible to burden future generations with any more debt, they already will have enough to shoulder when it is time for them to enter whatever world of work exists for them in the future.

 

It is our fault, us here working and living in the UK now, we stood by and did little to prevent successive governments, banks, businesses and individuals from living beyond their means for far too long. We need to take responsibility and either stump up the extra money or accept whatever cuts come our way, they won't be fair but then life never is, I am not saying that is right but unfortunately under the present political and financial system that is how the cookie crumbles for us proles. Only revolution will change that.

 

What sort of world we leave for our children / grandchildren is often mused over and debated, but from a shortsighted (imho) viewpoint focused only on the planet, environment, animal species and natural resources. The question is rarely asked as to what sort of political / financial future we are sowing the seeds for now.

[shepp 2,285]

35 billion a year in foriegn aid, ringfenced. 42 million per DAY on the EU, set to increase, and yet they target benefits, now we see the reason why they allowed mass immigration. . .to end the welfare state.

 

10 billion per year foreign aid roughly.

I think the welfare state will eventually turn us stagnant if it is left in it's present unaffordable form.

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

I'll admit I am not well versed in UK govt. spending. However, government is government. So I would imagine your gov. cuts spending the same way our's does.

 

Puts it in perspective, huh ?

 

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

But what if they decided to really go big and cut $17 billion in spending ? How would it look ?

Not much different....