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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

well lets put some examples in.

osborne said the top rate of tax wasnt worth increasing as it was a pittance, yet he has decided to make some people between 25 and 35 homeless by adjusting the single room rate on housing benefit, that has saved not too far off what was supposedbly gained by the 50% top tax rate that he called a pittance.

also to say social security is not constructive use of money is just ridicolous. First we have the fact the majority of welfare payments are spent in the shops rather than sitting in bank accounts, giving 10billion to poor people is far better for the economy than giving it as tax breaks to the rich. Second if the social security bill is going up whilst osborne is imposing cuts then it shows how bad the economy is as in booms the bill naturally goes down or at least it should do if governments dont create new benefits. Third to say looking after the sick, disabled, the elderly, the vulnerable is not good use of cash is just very morally wrong. The tories just dont get it, running a government is not the same as business. But they dont need to get it, they only need to look after their own interests it seems. Even if not reelected by the time the election comes they will have done massive damage to the country and got most of their changes passed.