Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

There has to be a balance of cuts to services and tax increases. Cut services too much it causes hardship through job cuts causing an influx on a job market that might not be able to take the strain, and reduction of services people have come to, right or wrong, rely on. Increase taxes too much it disincentivises work and deters investment.

The Tory plan had the balance shifted more towards cuts than tax increases, Labour's was skewed more towards tax increases, the Lib Dems' was in between the two.

The point is due to the mess we can't have no cuts or no tax increases sadly, it's a balancing act. We'll see if the balance we get from ConLib is the right one.

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