Election Year 2015 - Voting can be moneysaving!

dizzie

It isn't any wonder that people (of all ages) can get more than a little disillusioned with politics. However, whatever your political views....or indeed whether you really have any at all!......

VOTING CAN BE MONEYSAVING

Over the past years of austerity, spending cuts and tax rises have hit the population in a disproportionate manner. While most people have been affected to some degree, the majority view is that young people have been front line targets and have been hit the most, whilst the older generation have seen fewer direct austerity measures targeted at them.

The reason for this is simple: any government in power wants to get in again next time around. Statistically, it is often quoted that the older generation are THREE times more likely to vote than young people. So, on the grounds of self preservation, it doesn't take a genius to work out why the current government has looked towards young people as prime targets for boosting the treasury coffers!

But young people can change this! If significantly more of you vote come election time, then governments will have to think more carefully about whether it is sensible to continue to see young people as easy targets for raising money!

So whatever your political views, and regardless of whether you have faith in any political party or not.....my advice to you all would be get out and VOTE. It might be one of the best moneysaving things you can do!

Lokolo

Quite a lot of my friends vote and they all of us who they vote for. It is a bit worrying some times. I have one friend who works for the local government who votes Labour "because thats where my roots are, my working class family. I hate the Torys, stealing my pension." (which is still DB!), nothing about policies in his views!

My concern is this year there isn't one party that I have the same views with. I have same partial views with a few parties.

But in general I agree, get more young people voting!

silvercar

Remembering all the students who voted Liberal Democrat in 2010 with the promise made by over 1000 candidates for the LDs.

They had signed a pledge “I pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative.”

Then what happened?

Here if you have forgotten.

agrinnall

Lokolo wrote: »

. I have one friend who works for the local government who votes Labour "because thats where my roots are, my working class family. I hate the Torys, stealing my pension." (which is still DB!), nothing about policies in his views!

Surely his view is that he's objecting to the Tory policy of stealing his pension? Now whether that's a reasonable view or not is debateable, but if he thinks that Lanour won't do that then that is his policy view.

Lokolo

agrinnall wrote: »

Surely his view is that he's objecting to the Tory policy of stealing his pension? Now whether that's a reasonable view or not is debateable, but if he thinks that Lanour won't do that then that is his policy view.

Yes it was more that he doesn't vote for X because of something they do, but he will vote for Y without looking at their policies (the age that he can take his DB pension has gone up, so that means they are forcing him to work longer, according to him). To me it seems a bit, backwards. It's a bit awkward when he brings up UKIP!

Taiko

Much like Labour were anti-fees being raised, despite them looking to increase them after the review they commissioned recommended it.