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Ignitionnet · 05-12-2014, 09:56

By the time this is done we'll have a smaller state as a proportion of GDP than the USA.

With the added bonus that we have ubiquitous health care free at the point of delivery.

Well, for now.

The rhetoric over Labour's profligacy is ridiculous given their biggest spending increase was the NHS, they doubled spending on it in real terms, and the government is promising to protect that spending.

EDIT: Incidentally I think not wanting to pass huge debts onto the next generation is laudable, however cuts of this scale are likewise potentially breaking the social contract.

EDIT2: Think I'll be going to Costco to check out CCTV systems, and testing the home alarm.

05-12-2014, 09:56	#6
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: IFS: Osbourne's cuts force a "fundamental re-imagining of the state" By the time this is done we'll have a smaller state as a proportion of GDP than the USA. With the added bonus that we have ubiquitous health care free at the point of delivery. Well, for now. The rhetoric over Labour's profligacy is ridiculous given their biggest spending increase was the NHS, they doubled spending on it in real terms, and the government is promising to protect that spending. EDIT: Incidentally I think not wanting to pass huge debts onto the next generation is laudable, however cuts of this scale are likewise potentially breaking the social contract. EDIT2: Think I'll be going to Costco to check out CCTV systems, and testing the home alarm.