Government Maths Does Not Add Up – Michael Fitzalan
Rishi might want to get children to continue maths for longer, but his sums do not add up, disappointing since he was once a Chancellor of the Exchequer. The government’s aim is to cut taxes in an economy with a shrinking workforce and an aging population. I am not an economist but if you have less income being generated for public services and public services are requiring more funding, you would, surely, have to push up taxes and in order to be fair, the burden should fall on the wealthier and wealthiest members of society. Surely if a plan to create prosperity has failed to do so under austerity, perhaps a switch to giving the poorer members of society more spending money rather than giving the rich tax breaks for them to just stick their cash in shares, wealth management investments and pensions. Where is the incentive for industry to invest in renewables? Where is the fashion industries commitment to fighting climate change? Rapanui is the only firm I can find that has a renewable powered factory and uses organic cotton. Do the government and fashion industry live on another planet? Our planet is dying, we need to revive it. Where are the initiatives like ‘The Hoover Dam’ in the UK, you could harness tidal energy and set up generating installations that will protect eroding coasts, you could build dams – insurance companies – that prevent expensive flooding and generate hydro electric energy – there’s a new revenue stream for you. Industry and commerce should step up to solve our energy crisis. Where are the electric trains on Great Western Railway, they are still using dirty diesel, disgraceful and farcical.
We need to pay the workers a fair wage to cope with the situation created by the government. All nurses need to be able to feel rewarded for their work, they need to avoid the necessity of visiting a food bank after a twelve-hour shift. Train drivers should not have to drive longer trains without a guard unless the train companies put in barriers to stop people from boarding trains. The driver would be liable for anyone injured in trains with no guard. Everyone deserves a living wage. Foodbanks should not be a necessity. Those who have more should be willing to pay more tax to help less fortunate and above all corporations that would like to avoid paying their fair share of taxes should contribute to the common good. Then, we would have enough to run a decent welfare state.
If the EU can cap Russian gas prices why can’t the UK government cap UK gas and electricity prices. Already, one business in Ritherdon Road has closed – a restaurant crippled by fuel prices, our pizza take away is considering closing due to the extortionate costs of running his ovens. What is the government doing to help those in most need and what are they doing to support businesses that provide the tax to fund much of their public spending. We need a new approach and a new government. Cap fuel prices bring about social change and make making money less onerous for us all.
The Twelve years of austerity that public services went through to save the country are over and now it’s pay-back time.
Nurses need to be able to feel rewarded for their work, they need to avoid the necessity of visiting a food bank after a twelve-hour shift. Train drivers should not have to drive longer trains without a guard unless the train companies put in barriers to stop people from boarding trains. The driver would be liable for anyone injured in trains with no guard. Everyone deserves a living wage. Foodbanks should not be a necessity. Those who have more should be willing to pay more tax to help less fortunate and above all corporations that would like to avoid paying their fair share of taxes should contribute to the common good. Then, we would have enough to run a decent welfare state.
If the EU can cap Russian gas prices why can’t the UK government cap UK gas and electricity prices. Already, one business in Ritherdon Road has closed – a restaurant crippled by fuel prices, our pizza take away is considering closing due to the extortionate costs of running his ovens. What is the government doing to help those in most need and what are they doing to support businesses that provide the tax to fund much of their public spending. We need a new approach and a new government. Cap fuel prices bring about social change and make making money less onerous for us all.
