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MoneySaving Poll: What's your stance on lowering taxes & public spending?

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  • Cyberman60
    Cyberman60 Posts: 2,472 Forumite
    Hung up my suit!
    Looks like I won that argument then...;)
  • tberry6686
    tberry6686 Posts: 1,135 Forumite
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    Gavin83 wrote: »
    I'd like to see peoples suggestions of where spending cuts should be made and services are pushed to the max already. Services are already suffering, how much worse will it get if spending is cut further?

    The only thing is the country cannot afford this spending so something has to be cut. It is a waste of time saying services are pushed to the max already - there is no money to pay for them so some must be cut.
  • Gavin83
    Gavin83 Posts: 8,757 Forumite
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    tberry6686 wrote: »
    The only thing is the country cannot afford this spending so something has to be cut. It is a waste of time saying services are pushed to the max already - there is no money to pay for them so some must be cut.

    So what would you cut? Less police maybe? Increase class sizes and therefore reduce number of teachers? Less doctors?
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