George Monbiot - More Cuts Please

[mephisto5]

The government is burning the money that could save public services.

By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 4th October 2011

Crisis, what crisis? There must be one: George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said so twelve times in yesterday’s speech(1). But if it really is as bad as he says, why is he squandering what remains of our money

Comments

[the_gabih]

I really, really hate that we're so willing to pour money into the military and the banks, and not towards people who actually need it. My ex (an RAF hopeful) used to BAWWW about tiny cuts to the military budget all the time, but frankly, if it's a choice between his flying lessons getting paid for and poorer families getting to eat, guess what I'm going to pick?

[mephisto5]

I agree, and I'm bloody disappointed in Labour that they are not reading and arguing the stuff in this article. If they're going to accept that there have to be cuts somewhere, fine, but they should be doing their job and challenging the govt to make better decisions than this.