Hi all, been looking at this thread with some interest, I think that we all have our opinions on the current state of the financial mess which Labour (yes it was them) created over this past 13 or so years, yes things were not all together rosey before then, but they were a darn sight better than now (and I could not see a Conservative Gov giving tens of billions of tax payers money to the banks either which has just made matters so much worse, not to mention selling our gold reserves for a pittence compared to the price now, good foresight!)
I fully agree with those who say hammer the benefit scroungers for all it is worth, I have worked hard all of my life, paid taxes etc... and I look around at the majority of my "neighbourhood" and all I see is the lowest form of humanity with no pride or principle in their bodies, don't want to work? well have a few kids, get a council house (can't see many of those being built in the near future) get your bottles of Lambrini in and your scratch cards, life is good! What I do object to is the bashing of the public sector, my employer for the past 10 years. Oh we get too much money (no pay rise last year or this and about 2.5% which covered the previous 3 year all together), too much pension? for which I pay grandly out of my salary every month and the way things are going will see very little back for my trouble. So yes we all have our little bug bears and all, the thing is the country needs to do something to tackle the mess which has been made of OUR money, it is tough but it is about time everyone put up in tackling the problem rather than the minority, think of it as you would your own IVA, you realised you had major problems, could not see a way out so rather than sticking you head in the sand, you actually bit the bullet and took decisive action, which was what was needed with this budget, my humble opinion. Not easy, not nice but neccessary.