Do we really need to make so many cuts?

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JoyceBarnaby · 17/01/2011 09:25

I'm not happy about the cuts for manyreasons but I know if I start a conversation about this with my Tory BIL, he'll just say they're all necessary because Labour fucked us up and left us with so much debt, we have no choice.

Is this true?

I don't want to discuss individual cuts, I just want to know whether people think making so many drastic cuts is really necessary to save our economy from certain doom.

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MummyBerryJuice · 17/01/2011 09:47

Exactly.

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JoyceBarnaby · 17/01/2011 09:44

Sorry to be so completely dim, MBJ, but do you mean the banks are to blame? If so, does this mean labour are not responsible at all and would just be dealing with the fall-out differently?

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dreamingofsun · 17/01/2011 09:42

if you, as a household, were vastly overdrawn and paying such large amounts of interest that you were likely to pass your debt onto your children what would you do - make cuts or carry on spending at your current level which is way beyond your means?

MummyBerryJuice · 17/01/2011 09:40

Before the banking crisis the Tories were promising to match Labour's spending penny for penny.

That says more to me than almost any other comment regarding who/what is responsible for the current financial situation.

ssd · 17/01/2011 09:33

course its true, DC said so

and anyway, don't forget "we're all in it together", when you're putting food into your trolley in asda and wondering if your card will be rejected at the till, you can be sure all the tory millionaires eg. the cabinet will be feeling the pinch too

NOT

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