Morning Line: don't soften us up for cuts we don't need

Remember that for the Tories the 1930s were a golden age. All their grandparents could afford at least a housemaid and a cook. Many had butlers, chauffeurs and the complete servant set. The deliberate creation of a new Great Depression is the only way to bring down the cost of domestic help to affordable levels.

There is a danger that if we don't make significant cuts then interest rates will rise earlier which would be so not very good.

The government has an excellent opportunity to fundamentally review the role of the estate and to make substantial and permanent cuts. The state in the UK is grossly inefficient and a very poor provider of services and many of the functions it has assumed since 1945 should be returned to the private sector.

The gloom will be lightened when the taxpayers who bear the cost of this waste learn that for many civil servants the gravy train has finally hit the bumpers. When the burden of excessive taxation, regulation and waste has been lifted the economy will be able to grow again leading to a better life for all other than the idle bums who currently do nothing.

yet again the new Government is losing the PR war to Labour who are still trying to pretend the country isn't in a mess caused by them.

Lets be clear the economy is currently only being supported by low interest rates. The average £150k mortgage payer is at least £6k better off with interest rates where they are (not to mention corporate/business debt). If rates return to normal historic levels of around 5% the economy will implode.

The Con-Lib's need to be making this point clear to everyone. That keeping rates low is the only thing that will save us.

Labours proposals are consistent with their short term economic outlook, ie don't save when the economy is booming and Borrow like crazy when rates are low.

I agree with Anonymous 2.

Also the size of the State is too large. It has its fingers in all manner of things where it really shouldnt and industry is hamstrung by red tape and bureaucrats. Get rid of them and it soonest and let entrepreneurs get on and do what they do. Also lets have a welcome return of caveat emptor as the nanny state regulates everything in order to protect idiots from buying rubbish. Just do a little homework before buying and let the best service thrive while the rubbish withers.

State is too big, my friends who work in beaucratic roles say that inefficiency and incompetence is accepted. Government are doing well if they can cut non-essential paper-pushers and encourage businesses to start up. Presumably though this is easier said than done.

I think in the years down the line, cutting down on the state will be citied as a major reason for future growth

Why should everybody get so nervous about the cuts . They don't necessarily mean cuts of people . But they do mean cuts of scandalous waste . And that doesn't mean people have to be made redundant . It does mean , however , that spending needs auditing before the money actually gets wasted .

Unfortunately we haven't been allowed to see how our money vanished into a black hole with the previous government . But week after week it was possible to read articles about insane spending across all departments . Lets hope the coalition have ALL this information to hand so that they can effectively prune it out .

WHY are posters to this thread so afraid to use their names??

Tony

Tony they are close to the core ????