General Discussion
@burneside - the government getting infrastructure projects going like - houses, rail links, roads, etc http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21190108
Someone help me please. I'm trying to get my head around Paul's (and presumably the government's logic). If ,by cutting welfare benefits, the consequences are that public expenditure increases to cope with the fall out of cutting those benefits then how on earth does that help reduce the deficit? The numbers claiming, and the amount spent on, welfare benefits might indeed fall BUT what on ...
So.......if, by its own admission, (see separate thread about 2011 leaked letter from Eric Pickles) the government knows that the consequences of the Welfare Cap may actually result in an increase in the amount of public expenditure rather than a reduction, why is the government still pursuing this line of attack on the poorest in our society? How will such an increase in public expenditure ...
Anyone else watch Question Time last night? One of the topics concerned the introduction of the Welfare Cap and during the discussion mention was made of a letter, leaked back in 2011 , in which concerns were expressed within the government as to the cost effectiveness (or more to the point the lack of it) to the public purse of such a cap. For some reason I had forgotten all about this ...
@Paul - which graph? the one you posted? it only shows the deficit (or am i missing something?) and can you let us know, 1. Of any income, especially of the 'one off' variety that has helped reduced the deficit and 2. Of the cut backs in public expenditure that has helped reduce the deficit. And can you let us know 1) and 2) with a reasonable amount of detail (like don't just say ...
Nice to see you're back with us MT (can't help noticing you share the same initials as........er........well, you know who). Just so as we can all follow your train of thought, could you elaborate on your statement above please. Thanks
Am I right in thinking that the national debt is increasing? http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/01/david-cameron-tells-porkies-about-britains-national-debt/
@kenny - didn't mishear - it was written correspondence. but perhaps the person who told me confused listed with listing? Must say though, that there does seem to be an awful lot of stonewalling in terms of resolving this issue.
I've been told, and by a very reliable source, that the wall (or what is left of it) is listed. Which apparently means that getting the whole thing sorted out and cleared away will take some time. Hence the wall is still on the road and hasn't been cleared away yet. I am only telling all of you what was told to me (so please don't shoot this particular messenger). Ta. PS There is a ...
@DJ - i don't have to trawl websites(but even if i did, so what? isn't that one of the delights of the www?) Anything I quote from Thatcher is because I remember her/those quotes from the 1980s.
