The previous government had one policy
Throe money at a problem. When questioned in the commons why the NHS was failing in an area, or scholls were failing children their response was, "Well we've increase investment by £Xbn".

Brilliant, but if those billions made no difference to the lavels of care etc availible then they were wasted. Money is not the answer, efficiecny, quality and itleeligent running of services is the answer, this will never happed whilst budgets continue to rise.

If my boss questioned me on why a project had failed and I said, "yes it failed, but I pumped shit loads of extra money into it" I'd be fired, and rightly so.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:42, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I'm not saying that was right.
My argument is that shafting the 'little people' while your mates make off with obscene amounts of cash and you lie and tell them that the cuts are necessary is fucking morally abhorrent.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:44, Reply)

Wasting ten years of growth by borrowing huge amounts of money
to pay for jobs that aren't required to employ people who will then vote for you is morally abhorrent.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:47, Reply)

So, in your eyes, all public sector jobs are a waste of money and effectively non-jobs?

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:51, Reply)

No, not at all
But the Labour governemnt propped up growth with borrowing during a time of global growth when the country should have been saving (Not selling all of our gold at a historically low price).

Save in the good times, so that you are prepared for the bad times. The recession would have happned either way, but we would have been in a better postion to ride it out and less cuts would have been necessary.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:57, Reply)

*Fewer.
I don't disagree with you wholly, especially not about the gold. However, my point was originally that there are alternatives to the wholesale 'slash and burn the public sector then piss on it' approach of this government.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Mon 21 Mar 2011, 10:01, Reply)

Whoever is in government, this will still happen

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:48, Reply)