John Hade has very kindly given me permission to post his explanation as to why the cuts are not needed. This is in response to a posting on my facebook page.

The opposition to cuts, by Greens, Labour and right-thinking Lib Dems is not based upon the notion that blind consumption should be encouraged. It is in recognition of the failure of our culture, manifested in the form of conventional Politics, to obtain a fair and just perspective on the distribution of wealth in our country. You mention university fees. The profit of one average High Street bank for six months, covers the savings realised by the Coalition’s appalling diktat that Universities may now charge £9000 in fees for their courses. Bob Diamond, who will receive a £9m bonus, is supposedly ‘in this together’ with a victim of domestic violence in Devon, whose council is about to impose a cabinet approved cut of 40% in funding for Domestic Violence Services in the County. The Green Party, of which I am not a member, is opposed to ‘cuts’ in help for vulnerable people while banks are taxed an absurdly manageable £800m. Economists across the board acknowledge that they could stand $20b in taxes without impairment to their greed.

 

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