tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post1972998640030232566..comments2024-03-29T04:56:21.385+00:00Comments on The Ranty Highwayman: Sod You David Cameron: Why I Am On Strike TodayThe Ranty Highwaymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-80422707656600922412014-07-10T16:57:30.663+01:002014-07-10T16:57:30.663+01:00Actually... the last govt aren't much to blame...Actually... the last govt aren't much to blame, apart from not regulating financial services properly (though, nice storytelling by the coalition). The real problem is austerity, which just delays recovery from recession, without any positive effects. (The coalition knows this, but it's a useful agenda to cut back public services, and give money back to the well-off, who get much more of a smaller pie) Check Keynes, who worked this out years ago. Or the stimulus-led recovery in the US compared to the austerity 'recovery' here..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-22630920117425600912014-07-10T14:10:53.403+01:002014-07-10T14:10:53.403+01:00Yes, there is the point of the affordability of pu...Yes, there is the point of the affordability of public services and the mess is at the feet of the last government too.<br /><br />But, the public expect a Rolls Royce service where in reality, they get a 1980s Skoda, although they are told it is a new Skoda (silly analogy I know!)<br /><br />We could fund everything, but tax would have to go up and that is political suicide of course and "the powers that be" don't want to tell the truth of things.<br /><br />Yes, whinges of a highway engineer aside, vulnerable people are suffering as a result of the cuts.The Ranty Highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-43154383576139875082014-07-10T11:12:10.275+01:002014-07-10T11:12:10.275+01:00Of course you have to appreciate that there isn...Of course you have to appreciate that there isn't enough money to pay for everything we would like, however much we would like it.<br /><br />After all, it would never do to have funds from parking charges, and penalties for illegal, inconsiderate or downright dangerous car parking which can lawfully only be spent on highway and transport projects, because that would be a "tax" on "hard-working families", wouldn't it? And it would never do to introduce "efficiency savings" - such as getting a camera to do the work of several highly(?) paid parking wardens in identifying and actioning illegal parking. After all, the point of "efficiency savings" is only really to ensure that my elderly mother with Parkinsons and Dementia is not considered to be in sufficient need to merit a visit from occupational therapy consultants in Adult Social Services. Isn't it?Paul Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929808238663838155noreply@blogger.com