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Save £1.7bn.
Total aid spending will rise from £8.65billion in the 2012-2013 financial year to £11.3billion in 2013-2014 – an increase of £2.65billion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255852/Foreign-aid-Its-simply-cynical-ruthless-self-indulgent-job-says-scathing-study.html
Do these people talk to each other?"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Save £1.7bn.
Total aid spending will rise from £8.65billion in the 2012-2013 financial year to £11.3billion in 2013-2014 – an increase of £2.65billion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255852/Foreign-aid-Its-simply-cynical-ruthless-self-indulgent-job-says-scathing-study.html
Do these people talk to each other?
So if aid spending is going to increase, we should never look for savings?0 -
a lib dem MP worrying about the next electionEU tariff on agricultual product 12.2%
some dairy products 42.1% cloths 11.4%
EU Clinical Trials Directive stops medical advances0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »Basically, instead of handing it over to all and sundry, only those on pension credit will get it (i..e those deemed low income). Not much admin involved in that really. It also doesn't penalise the truly vulnerable.
What about those that just miss out on pension credit? Another child benefit !!!! up coming?'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »So if aid spending is going to increase, we should never look for savings?
If we can't afford WFA we can't afford foreign aid increases was the point of the post.
Aggressively cutting foreign aid, rather than the lightweight reviews at present, would help on anumber of fronts, either towards deficit reduction , WFA, or care for the elderly."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Everyone else has lost benefits, child tax credits, funded tuition fee places etc, so I dont see why a bunch of affluent retirees should continue to receive a handout on top of all the other state benefits they get.0
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“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
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Depends where they draw the line.
It's a little unfair on those who have saved for their retirement, often opting for a more frugal lifestyle so they could enjoy a reasonable standard of living in their old age.
They already see those who earned a good wage but saved nothing enjoy pension credits and help with rent, council tax etc.
What's the point of saving for your retirement if every benefit going is only handed out to those who didn't.If I don't reply to your post,
you're probably on my ignore list.0 -
Depends where they draw the line.
It's a little unfair on those who have saved for their retirement, often opting for a more frugal lifestyle so they could enjoy a reasonable standard of living in their old age.
They already see those who earned a good wage but saved nothing enjoy pension credits and help with rent, council tax etc.
What's the point of saving for your retirement if every benefit going is only handed out to those who didn't.
True. But you can say that about every kind of benefit. By that virtue its unfair on everyone who has a job and doesnt get income support as well.0 -
Depends where they draw the line.
It's a little unfair on those who have saved for their retirement, often opting for a more frugal lifestyle so they could enjoy a reasonable standard of living in their old age.
They already see those who earned a good wage but saved nothing enjoy pension credits and help with rent, council tax etc.
What's the point of saving for your retirement if every benefit going is only handed out to those who didn't.
... But we do get pension credit on our savings of £10 per week which is means tested although we are not eligible for Pension Credit. So we are fortunate as far as that goes and we appretiate it.
I see others that have had a much better wage than I ever got and did not save and now, as you say, are getting all the credits going, the system has been abused by so many to the cost of others.0
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