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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

In other news, here's a nice thought.



But hey, what do we care, give us our public services and welfare now, don't be cutting just because we aren't paying for it and we just have to keep it going for a few more years and we simply won't be able to pay for it.

This to me is the centre of the economic debate. The problem as I've repeatedly said though is that so many people are so greedy and selfish (yes those same attributes that people whine about when having a go at bankers and businesses and 'typical Tories') that they couldn't care less what it's costing or how it will affect the country so long as it doesn't affect them right now. Just even hinting at actually taking serious action makes people jump up and down....

.....Fiscal and personal responsibility, both on life support thanks to the current government.

EDIT: Oh yes, for those saying why don't we just tax our way back into the black, wouldn't work as it would reduce economic growth and make companies go elsewhere. You think it doesn't happen?

The country’s entrepreneurs were moving offshore – and taking their companies with them ..... Two of Sweden’s largest companies, IKEA and Tetra Pak, a food packaging company, had already moved overseas in protest of the estate tax. Other major companies threatened to follow, draining Sweden of entrepreneurial talent, capital, and jobs.

Too many politicians in denial and so many people with their heads buried so deep in the sand!!!..