Okay, it's like this...
We (as in the United Kingdom) are massively in debt partly due to excessive borrowing to refloat the economy and partly because this current government spent far too much money and put too little aside. Like it or lump it, that's the truth.

The spending situation in the UK is chronic - the wasteage on NHS computer systems alone is enough to buy the UK two Nimitz class aircraft carriers, which is before we get to the long record of hypocrisy and media hysteria the government has been guilty of in order to justify its own agenda - as a one time anti-war protester myself I am only too aware of this.

I believe we have a moral duty to ensure that every penny of public money is spent wisely. I do not believe for a second that the current government has the slightest idea or care about what is good for the citizens it is supposed to serve.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 17 Mar 2009, 10:50, Reply)