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Originally Posted by martyh
My argument isn't about not giving aid ,it's about ringfencing it so the budget can't be touched .We have plenty of people suffering hardship in this country ,people who are losing their homes/jobs through no fault of their own ,budgets to help these people is being cut why can't the budget to help people abroard?
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As I said I dont see how anyone can compare our own issues to those faced over there. I wasnt just commenting about you, it was aimed at anyone who questions aid money being spent like this. I used the council house thing as that was the most recent post about it all. Im sure £70/60 million isn't going to sort all the issues out so how do you set where the cap is? How do we know if they havent spent as much, maybe in the past more aid would have been given?
Personally I wouldnt be bothered if giving the aid money meant I had to pay a few quid more in tax regardless of our own issues. Now I'll leave it there, I try not to do many serious threads so Im off to chat about Donkeys
