Sal Paradise wrote:
What do you think Labour would have done - either tax and spend or borrow and spend and compound an already grim position - I wonder where the Tories inherited that position from?
So Jeremy wants to add VAT to school fees why not VAT on union subscriptions too? Both are discretionary spend from taxed income - maybe McCluskey's final salary scheme pension might then be under pressure and we can't have that now can we?
It's largely irrelevant what Labour may have done as they are not in power (and are unlikely to be in charge for many, many years).
The very fact that Mrs May spouts on about a fair society and looking after the less well off and then slashes benefits for those who, for whatever reason, can not work is just utter hypocrisy.
Add to that, the "strong economy" that we keep being told about and then just to bring this back on topic, the cost of Brexit, which they are trying to accumulate some kind of war chest.
At the risk of being accused of negativity (again), we may have to find 10's of billions to exit the EU club and of course someone has to pay.
Should we tax the better off members of society or, take of the less well off, many of whom are struggling to get by already.
Fair society my @rse, the Tories are loving every minute of cutting the welfare state and Corbyn is fecking impotent and cannot and will not do anything about it.
And just for the bullies on here, this is happening now. It's not a maybe of could be, the welfare cuts are real and whilst some may be justified, I'm just happy to be one of the better off people who would be "happy" to pay more tax.
