AIBU to want spending cuts rather than more tax rises?

[PinkFruitbat]

The foundations are being laid for more tax rises in the October Budget.

https://www.ft.com/content/6d43b599-3d7c-471c-88c2-0f056475a840?syn-25a6b1a6=1

AIBU to ask for savings in spending to help balance the budget rather than more taxes.

With welfare spending at nearly £1bn each day, when is enough, enough?

We still haven't got rid of the thousands of extra civil servants recruited during COVID. What are they all still doing?

Reduce the Lords. Remove Clerics of all flavours.

We need to reduce the total amount a family can claim, per family. None of these multiples of various benefits for each family member leading to huge way above median salaries for doing nothing.

NHS...... Now has more money than ever before, and still has not improved productivity. There are so many great advances in medicine, but the care is still shite.

Too many citizens are net takers. Pretty much noone has paid enough tax in their lifetime to cover their health, welfare, benefits, pensions etc

We could be radical and REDUCE the tax free element of pay so each citizen is contributing something. Works in the Nordics.

Flat tax rate for all.

Replace council tax with poll tax. Interestingly this is becoming the more popular option despite it's historical link to Thatcher.

Haha!!

This response made my eyebrows and hackles rise, too. I'm sorry to hear of your health problems and hope you are getting more support in real life (as someone with my own health problems, I'm pleased to say that I've generally still found people to be kinder and more supportive in real life than you might think from what you can read online).

Welfare is out of control. Someone needs to get a grip.

https://data.spectator.co.uk/welfare

Your lack of education is the only thing you can change.

Could you do me a favor and Google when UC was introduced and what it replace is? Then have a wee look back at the graph and have a think about its validity

Also on 2000 the UK population was 59 million, it's currently 69 million. Now if you could work out for me what percentage are out for work now versus then... You may get yourself less in a twist

by all means disagree with my position but no need for the personal insults.

The insults are not personal, they are specifically levelled at the lack of education and understanding on which you are basing your ridiculous opinion. It's no that I'm disagreeing it's that it's clear you have no understanding of the situation. Have you had any formal education?

Everything says that 2 years is the maximum. It was just a cock up.

Yes you are being personal. You don't know that poster's educational achievements. Fancy sharing yours or would you prefer to keep personal information - personal?

And his cancer prognosis? Without the drug? Did it help his cancer at all?

You have swallowed up the rhetoric.

There is no child poverty.
There most certainly is.

Bahahaha. Are you serious? They told me I'd been curred of my hearing loss which is physically impossible, asked what one of my diagnoses was, told me it wasn't that bad and that I don't need the therapy I'd been referred for, told me there's no medical reason why I'm unable to drive, aside from failing every single flipping eye test I've ever done. She actually told me the evidence from my medically trained consultant and doctors who have assessed me properly and have access to my medical records, was fabricated. Neither my GP or consultant have reasons to lie

I'm guessing you're lucky enough not to have gone through the bullshit they call an assessment?

Yes thank you I have a PhD in engineering.

I would be very surprised if someone could suggest such economic policy changes if they had any education beyond bare minimum GCSEs

Agree with all that.

The cancer treatment plan itself says this particular drug is limited to two years. It was a cock up by the haematologist, even the orthopaedic surgeon couldn't believe he'd been on it so long.

Its the sort of reaction that might typically be expected from someone that isn't approaching the end of their career, having paid tax from16 to 65 and that doesn't have the benefit of a public sector pension. If that does not apply to you and you are approaching retirement and have still strived to save a little extra for later life, and future care, then you might not be so cavalier with your altruism

And probably responsible for most of the delays, inefficiency, etc., Politicians have been promising a "bonfire of the quangoes" for decades, but it's just not happened. If anything we have more, all soaking up cash and causing obstacles and delays.

I don't believe that for a second.

Well my immediate thoughts are something like gardening and horticulture as a potentially suitable form of employment.

Your personal insults don't give you more leverage. Class comes in a variety of forms.

But his cancer prognosis? Was it the only available treatment remaining to prolong life?

But you can claim pip and work