Fabrics Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Phillip Hammond thinks more cuts to welfare should take place instead of further cuts on his department. I have always been on the opinion that we don't even need a missile which will cost billions more and not only that, who is he going to use it on ??...there is noone, just a complete waste of money in my eyes. What do you think ?? More cuts to welfare or get rid of Trident instead??.. Ps..i wanted this as a poll instead but it dint work or I pressed wrong one, oh well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallBuilder Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I do find it odd that we supposedly need a nuclear deterrent although it's never going to be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromedary Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Definitely cut spending on Trident and other armaments first. What surprises me is that they are upgrading Trident to make it better and more accurate. Just how accurate does a nuke need to be when it has a blast radius of several miles? Its just another case of not spending peoples tax money on the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 We still haven't cut out waste as a way of saving money, before anything else is cut. The government and councils still waste money hand over fist, a lot of it on vanity projects and self agrandisement. Should we really be subsidising the MPs food and drink in the Houses of Parliament for example? Or pay £300 per day expenses for every Lord? Why not cut a few top civil servant's pay by half so they're on £150,000 - still a lot more than the average working man. Lets subject the MPs to a few cuts before we pick on anyone else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I would enlarge the army so that more people could join and therefore not need welfare. After the present cuts the number of soldiers we have will be 82,000 and the number of people in prison will be 84,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottf Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I do find it odd that we supposedly need a nuclear deterrent although it's never going to be used. I think that you should look up the meaning of the word 'deterrent'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Has it been full explained what is so wrong with the current lot of nuclear gear? Is it just out of date and not likely to work? If so it needs to be replaced. We don't need to spend money making them 'more accurate' or any of that rubbish. Surely the deterrent is greater is everyone knows we make them big enough to blow stuff up even if they veer wildly off course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Scrap Trident but keep up the pretence to other countries that we have it. It worked for Russia (almost): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11511886 Is it still necessary for a deterrent in this day and age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien52 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 The people on benefits could be used as a deterrent.We could threaten a potential enemy with having the "scroungers" living in their country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Scrap Trident but keep up the pretence to other countries that we have it. It worked for Russia (almost): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11511886 Is it still necessary for a deterrent in this day and age? How do you know they haven't already done that, maybe Trident can't be cut because it’s already been cut? But if it’s one or the other then a viable nuclear deterrent is more important than welfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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