Every time the government announces that they are going to cut something or increase something to help with the economy it is met with cries of "I won't be able to survive if that happens" from the affected party. Be that from someone who will be affected by a cut or someone who will be affected by a tax rise or the possibility of means testing.
Spending cuts and tax rises are sadly going to be a reality whichever government comes into power. And while in an ideal world the rich would pay for the poor, in the real world, the rich make up a far smaller proportion of the country than the poor, so it is inevitable that everyone is going to have to pay part of the price of spending cuts.
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to think that with spending cuts we are all going to have to make sacrifices?
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wannaBe · 01/10/2009 10:20
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