Economy only: which party policy works best and why?

lostinrates

BUMP.

Why? Well, I just referred to this thread in DD's leaving thread, and realised that while we can drum up pages and pages of waffle on racism, the economic perspective of this focused thread was very thin on the ground. Could it be that those who have so strong an opinion on why they are voting for a party now in the recession are not conversant with the different parties' economic policy?

I think its important and so many of us are frustrated with the idiotic ''political' racism/gumph and hot air I'd really be keen to ask more reasoned and intelligent posters look at this in an on topic economic perspective.

tomterm8

lostinrates wrote: »

Could it be that those who have so strong an opinion on why they are voting for a party now in the recession are not conversant with the different parties' economic policy?

At this stage, I'm not very conversant with the different parties' economic policy because, quite simply, they refuse to say what it is. Even the labour party have not announced what they are going to do after the next election... all they're willing to say is half the "efficiency savings" are going to come from areas they haven't identified yet.

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

At this stage, I'm not very conversant with the different parties' economic policy

Conservative:
on economy
http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Economy.aspx
on business
http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Business.aspx

loads of other areas relavant (housing etc....not sure what to link)

Labour:
http://www.labour.org.uk/economic_stability_and_full_employment

LibDem:

http://www.libdems.org.uk/policies/economy;show


UKIP:

oh dear: this is the closest



Who else? Greens are linked above in the thread.

Heyman_2

carolt wrote: »

Nothing would make me vote Tory whilst that idiot George Osborne is the potential Chancellor. If they get Ken Clarke back in, that would be an entirely different matter - he's the only Tory I really respect and even quite like; and he did a not half bad job at getting us out of the last recession - at least he actually knows what he's talking about.

On the downside, he's lumbered with the resof his party, who are probably too dim to put him upfront, because their visceral hatred of Europe overwhelms their ability to see that it might actually give them a huge boost at the polls.

I generally like and respect Vince Cable - but am put off by the fact that his party has lots of other loony policies.

Bloody hell Carol, it's like music to my ears - never realised we had so much in common LOL

mewbie_2

I want lower taxes. I will be voting Tory. It may not make much difference, and it's not a complex economic argument, but it's how I see it.

lostinrates

mewbie wrote: »

I want lower taxes. I will be voting Tory. It may not make much difference, and it's not a complex economic argument, but it's how I see it.

Suppose, for example, UKIP, offered you lower taxes? Would that chnage your vote?

PasturesNew

I never vote. I know that all parties take more money from me and never give anything back... so it'd be a choice between somebody who slaps you a lot and somebody who hits you instead.

No choice.

Alan_M_2

I don't know yet who to vote for, but the idea of never voting doesn't enter my mind.

By not exercising my right I'm chosing not to have a say in how the country I which I live in is run....I feel obliged to vote.

tomterm8

lostinrates wrote: »

Conservative:
on economy
http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Economy.aspx
on business
http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Business.aspx

loads of other areas relavant (housing etc....not sure what to link)
...
Who else? Greens are linked above in the thread.

I'm reading the conservative manifesto, and they appear to think you can cut taxes and be fiscally responsible at the same time as we are already hitting over a 10% of GDP deficit. And this will be achieved by founding a new quango, privatising schools, and "welfare reform".

Hang on, this is quite amazing, the conservative party intends to introduce usury laws into britain

In spite of successive OFT and Competition Commission
reports, store card interest rates are still significantly higher
than conventional credit cards. Conservative Party Research
shows that the average store card APR is 24.3%, compared
with an average 16.3% APR for conventional credit cards.
The OFT will be given new powers to define “excessive”,
drawing on factors including mainstream credit card market
interest rates. Based on current OFT rules, we expect this will

apply to store cards with interest rates of 25% and over.

We will no longer allow people who could be working to

languish on benefits. Welfare dependency perpetuates
poverty and blunts incentives to invest in skills. Instead, we
will ensure that everyone who can work, will work. A new
system of payment by results will give people the skills that
will help them not only get a job but stay in the job and

progress in the labour market.

Not sure how they are going to do the above, in the middle of the worst recession in since WWII.

Interesting that they intend to privatise education

Education. We will break open the monopoly of state
provided education in order to provide more good school
places, funded by the taxpayer. We will fund a diverse array
of competing providers, and allow parents to choose

between them.32

They also appear to intend to remove "state funded skills schemes" and replace them with apprenterships.

Reading it they appear to intend to privatise a lot of the functions of job centre plus

We intend to pay the independent providers who take
on the welfare-to-work task substantially or completely on
the results they achieve. Because we will pay providers not
only for finding people work, but keeping them in jobs, our
contracts will incentivise employment providers to offer
proper training to claimants, resulting in skills that will not
only help them to get a job but stay in the job and progress

in the labour market.34

and to alter planning law

In order to open the way for new nuclear power stations to be

built, we need to accelerate the planning system

StevieJ

mewbie wrote: »

I want lower taxes. I will be voting Tory. It may not make much difference, and it's not a complex economic argument, but it's how I see it.

You think the Tories are going to reduce taxes