Will the govenment spending review be much less painful than we are led to believe?

chucky

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Must be why you do it so much then

Debate's takes a little more skill

of course it is - you haven't done too well at it though have you...
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Wookster

marklv wrote: »

The government will cut as much as it can get away with - no doubt about that. It's up to the unions to fight the corner of the downtrodden.

Question here.

Does your lifestyle match your income?

If the answer is yes, why is the government any different? Why shouldn't it live within its means in the same way that you live within your means?

If the answer is no, how long do you think living beyond your means is sustainable?

chucky

mbga9pgf wrote: »

you d*ckhead bulls have been assuring us all about since northern rock failed.

ooohh you really are bitter lad that needs to justify himself. none of that happened that you claim but you still claim to be right - i've proved my point. thanks for that...

bendix

Can I rewrite my post?

I hope the cuts are savage and that self-serving complacent public sector workers, of the type typified by marklv, lose their jobs.

Old_Slaphead

marklv wrote: »

The government will cut as much as it can get away with - no doubt about that. It's up to the unions to fight the corner of the downtrodden.

Downtrodden - what, union members ????
The more the public sector unions can screw out of the government for their relatively overpaid members then the more the rest of us taxpayers have to pay - and so it goes, onwards and upwards

nembot

I think it's a little early to presume either way, both choices impact lots of people and who is really to say which is the best option.

All I want is cheaper houses, that's top of my agenda.

If this happens because other people suffer, does this make me a bad person or the people who created the mess in the first place?

Cleaver

nembot wrote: »

All I want is cheaper houses, that's top of my agenda. If this happens because other people suffer, does this make me a bad person or the people who created the mess in the first place?

This forum is pretty much the only place where you could see / hear a comment such as this. I'm not saying you're bad or that people didn't create a mess, it's just such a strange, odd way of thinking that you only really get on here.

Thrugelmir

chucky wrote: »

you got more chance of your ALT-A ticking time bomb going off than 40% cuts...

The Audit Commission is being scrapped. Thats a 100% cut of 2,300 jobs.

chucky

Cleaver wrote: »

This forum is pretty much the only place where you could see / hear a comment such as this. I'm not saying you're bad or that people didn't create a mess, it's just such a strange, odd way of thinking that you only really get on here.

it's even stranger that the ones that the ones that say and already own one or two properties or even more want properties to go down but wouldn't sell their own property for anything less than market value...

forget the 'fair value" of 3 times the average single salary but they want the full market value... the irony is so ironic

chucky

Thrugelmir wrote: »

The Audit Commission is being scrapped. Thats a 100% cut of 2,300 jobs.

right on cue... so what. you weren't going to come back with any public sector departments that did not have any any job cuts... i wonder why...