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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
It's pretty arrogant of you to suggest that people don't understand the issues. You are assuming that most of the electorate are a bunch of retards who can't make sensible decisions on what they want.
What is very clear is that most people do want tax cuts. They also want good quality services, and they expect the government to provide these efficiently. It is the latter that is causing the problems - too much bureaucracy and outdated, inefficient systems.
The fact that this seems to come as a surprise to you is telling.
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I think it is perfectly reasonable for our electorate to demand efficiency before pushing ever increased shedloads of money into an expanding black hole.
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We are paying an absolute fortune into the NHS but service levels keep going down. Strange, that.
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Pity the last Labour government didn't note that, jfman.
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Instead the Tories will cut council funding, forcing councils to raise council tax.
People want to pay less for things they have to buy. This is where tax cuts are needed. Income tax is money people don't see in the first place, so raising it by just 1p will make very little difference to the pay packet. Council tax going up to pay for the Police and Social services is a far more visible rise.
Raising VAT also means people buy less.
The NHS is being underfunded, particularly as it is used as a dumping ground for elderly patients the Council care system cannot afford. If people want to keep the NHS they WILL have to pay more for it.
False accounting on claiming 50,000
New nurses is one proven lie. 40
new hospitals is another. Where is the money coming from for these claims? If they are not genuinely achievable in the first place, the cost is correspondingly negligible.