UK Public favour spending cuts

the_ash_and_the_oak

People tend to like cuts because it will be the unnecessary spending that will be cut ( on the stuff they don't use) not the essential (on the stuff they use)

Alan_Cross

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Some people can see past themselves.

Seriously.

Except when it comes to opinion polls. Plenty of research has shown that 'there should be fewer cars on the road' = 'other people should get onto buses and make more space for my car'.

A shame but there you are. Human nature speaks for self, ever and again.

Graham_Devon

Alan_Cross wrote: »

Except when it comes to opinion polls. Plenty of research has shown that 'there should be fewer cars on the road' = 'other people should get onto buses and make more space for my car'.

A shame but there you are. Human nature speaks for self, ever and again.

There may be fewer cars on the road if there was said buses.

the_ash_and_the_oak

Getting people out of their cars and onto public transport is a tough job in a country where people love their cars even more than they love their houses.

Which is why we should increase all forms of vehicular tax imo (and speeding camera fines)

carolt

The solution is in mse's weekly poll - a very clear majority appear to favour cutting bankers' pay.

That should lop a few billion off the national debt.

kriss_boy

Why freeze public sector when they are so horribly underpaid to begin with!

Generali

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Interesting poll, though it's only a poll of 1005 people.

Conservatives look to be winning on the cuts front.

In essence:
- 59% believe there should be benefits or tax credit cuts.
- "Almost half" believe there should be a public sector pay freeze for one year.
- A majority favour the top 10% public sector earners taking a pay cut of 5%.
- 44% agree with the tory view that the UK should not delay cutting the defecit.
- 38% agree with the labour view that it's too risky to cut borrowing now.
- 63% want to protect the NHS from cuts.

I think the most telling part is the final statistic. You can bet that most of the 37% have cuts to bureaucracy in mind or stopping gender reassignment or some other procedure they are personally unlikely to use.

What people are really in favour of is cutting spending on things that they don't use.

Old_Slaphead

kriss_boy wrote: »

Why freeze public sector when they are so horribly underpaid to begin with!

:rotfl:

to begin with maybe but not anymore

Sir_Humphrey

I suspect that people favour cuts, but not cuts to specific things.

Always remember the framing of the question!

Eric_Pisch

boomerangs wrote: »

Alternatively go on supporting the Labour party and continue borrowing money like there's no tomorrow. And printing even more funny money too. It's magic, I can't believe no-one ever thought of it before.

they did, labour last time they where in power

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent