Mecky Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Bit of a non-thread isn't it? Despite the OP's best attempt at trolling. It makes you wonder what the 20,000 troops think, or even the 33-35% of immigration workers, police, NHS staff and other people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickiethecat Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Most of the so called 'savage cuts' haven't even begun to hit where it hurts yet, as most of them are phased. So no, you probably havn't felt any yet, but at some point you will. Like someone else said, try saying that (if you work), when you lose your job, and your benefits aren't enough to afford your computer to come on here with. Yes, this tends to be the counter argument; "just you wait, they haven't even started yet". People were saying the same thing this time last year but like I say, neither I nor anyone else has been particularly affected yet. Perhaps it would have been better if the government had called them "efficiencies" rather than "cuts". We all want to see public money spent as efficiently as possible so that we in turn pay less tax, don't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Tell that to the people that will have either lost their jobs or, are about to they don't have parties you know to announce people being thrown on scrapheap. Maybe the OP could explain the absence of cuts to these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 It's good that in Sheffield libraries have been largely unaffected.I work regularly with Sheffield Central Library. They have been hurting awhile now. Back-office staff has been, and continues to be, shed. Enjoy it while you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickiethecat Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Maybe the OP could explain the absence of cuts to these people. But if you look at the bigger picture, cutting the numbers in the armed forces is a good thing. The problem with employing thousands of people in the armed forces is that you have to give them wars to fight. There's only so much bayonetting bags of straw on Salisbury Plain you can do. If the purpose of the armed forces was purely to defend the UK from invasion they could cut many thousands more from the ranks without it weakening our defences. The problem these days is that the British armed forces are used to fight illegal wars that have nothing to do with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodStar Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 There's always billions upon billions available for military action and fanciful government projects like the olympics. There's no shortage of money. It's the government equivalent of moaning that I'm hard up whilst I spend half my income on fags, booze and socialising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaFan Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Yes, this tends to be the counter argument; "just you wait, they haven't even started yet". People were saying the same thing this time last year but like I say, neither I nor anyone else has been particularly affected yet. Neither you nor anyone else you know has been particularly affected. The thing with the welfare state is that it's meant to be a safety net and until you've fallen you don't know whether it's any good or not. From where I sit Monday - Friday it's getting some big holes in it that some people are falling through. Still, it hasn't affected you yet, so not to worry eh? Perhaps it would have been better if the government had called them "efficiencies" rather than "cuts". We all want to see public money spent as efficiently as possible so that we in turn pay less tax, don't we? Yes, that would be doubleplus good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Yes, this tends to be the counter argument; "just you wait, they haven't even started yet". People were saying the same thing this time last year but like I say, neither I nor anyone else has been particularly affected yet. Perhaps it would have been better if the government had called them "efficiencies" rather than "cuts". We all want to see public money spent as efficiently as possible so that we in turn pay less tax, don't we? Which sodding planet are you from???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Which sodding planet are you from? Please indicate whether you do or don't want to see public money spent as efficiently as possible so that we in turn pay less tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Orange Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Please indicate whether you do or don't want to see public money spent as efficiently as possible so that we in turn pay less tax. It doesn't work like that and I suspect the OP knows this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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