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I hate the government

104 replies

wantanewname · 07/02/2012 23:26

I hate the way they make so make public sector workers redundant and then infer everyone is a scrounger when there are no jobs, penalise the disabled, destroy education, librarys etc. But do nothing about the bankers, the tax evaders, destroy the morale of teachers (who have a bloody hard job for very little pay). What would I do if I lose my job? I am a single parent (yes the devil incarnate) and work for a local authority, coming up to my 2nd review in 2 years. If I do, then I'd be a benefit scrounger.

I hate the way they penalise the poor, the disabled and do nothing about the bankers and the rich who avoid tax. I'm sick of hearing about scroungers when there are NO FUCKING JOBS.

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usualsuspect · 08/02/2012 07:44

oh and tax credits have been around for a long time in one form or another

usualsuspect · 08/02/2012 07:43

wantanewname , I agree, THERE ARE NO JOBS

scaryteacher · 08/02/2012 07:39

I felt that way about the last lot, especially their generosity with taxpayers cash; their PFI programme; their mismanagement of defence; and the constant changes to the curriculum and prescribing how one should teach. I particularly loathed the rewrite of one of the exam specs in my subject which dumbed the exam down, and then had a whole section on community cohesion which was basically a unit on propaganda for Labour.

I loathe the way that in the time they were in power PCness came to the fore, and every time someone expressed an opinion one was either racist/ homophobic/ a bully. I think their introduction of all the tax credits and the explosion in means tested benefits cynically created a client state. I loathed the steady creep in tax and the sleight of hand which bought more people into higher rate, and their removal of the 10% tax rate which hit the poorest the most. They rolled over on the EU; their target for people having degrees was wildly optimisitic; and they dumbed down education. They deliberately refused to give all state school kids the same funding, so rural non Labour areas like Cornwall lost out.

I don't like some of the coalition policies either, but at least I know what I'm getting with them.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 08/02/2012 06:07

It's frothers on websites, Milliband and the Daily Mail who go on about the 'undeserving poor'... not the government.