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thats whats known is less diplomatic circles as a lie. You condemned the move to a living wage and said many nurseries would have to close.
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What is striking on here is the almost absolute lack of facts or citation of sources from the right wingers. Their views are almost exclusively based on 'feelings' or 'personal experience'. FFS at least read some original source material instead of being spoon fed distortions of the truth by narrow media.
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Its a dialogue of the deaf.
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Says the man who needs tax credits to make his business viable. Free market economics? nah, just a different kind of 'scrounger'
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Not by most definitions. Its means reducing expenditure, tightening belt etc. I have no problem with balancing the books http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/austerity http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/austerity http://www.thefreedictionary.com/austerity
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Did you really not understand that? wow. Living within your means is balancing your income and expenditure. If you increase income you don't need to cut expenditure - therefore no austerity. Not the most difficult concept Id venture.
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Have you tried Jobsite? I know of a football club who have a close relationship with them and their playing staff's performance has been consistently breathtaking for years.
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Off the top of my head - Corporation tax, inheritance tax, raising the 40% tax threshold.
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Depends how you do it though. The Tories have been cutting taxes and cutting services unevenly across different sectors. If they had maintained taxes at previous levels and cut recurrent spending whilst putting new money into short term labour intensive capital projects such as home insulation and school improvements we'd arguably balance the budget far more quickly.
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Blockhead
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Is that a serious point? - its rubbish because you cant see any? Low interest rates is exactly one of the mechanisms by which wealth transfers to the old - by driving up property prices and rents. Whilst there have been cuts in nearly all government spending, spending on the NHS (used mostly by the over 60s) and pensions has increased. The young are paying more in tax, losing tax credits, find it harder to buy a home and receiving less services. The old are using more public services, getting higher state pensions and benefitting from increased property values (although I accept being capital rich and income poor doesn't benefit you). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/11775373/Young-and-old-how-big-is-the-wealth-gap.html
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There has been a big shift in share of wealth to the old from the young in the last 10 years, which needs to be reversed imo. That said this isn't about evening things up, its about making more tax cuts for the wealthy. The cynicism is breathtaking.
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Doesn't make sense. There is no way a manager will be at home an hour after a game - endless broadcast media and club interviews to do and team debrief.
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Maybe not, the flukes are often the best (and hardest to stop). Still a fantastic free kick though.
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(get me) coat
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it dipped and bent a lot though and was inch perfect. A tiny bit to the right or higher and it would have hit the woodwork. Tiny bit to the left Steklenburg would have saved it.. Its all about covering the most vulnerable areas, which he did. Fantastic free kick
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The sick weirdos are really taking over
buctootim replied to Saint in Paradise's topic in The Lounge
I know, but still. You can excuse or at least understand peoples fears when they arise from some complex legislation or social issue they dont understand - but to lap up some blog post as fact without bothering to simply google the organisation accused?? We havent moved that far on from lynching people because someone said they ate beef. http://mana.org/about-midwives/childbirth-choices -
On the plus side their toilet paper is thicker. Built to take bigger volumes of sh it I guess. Anyway even if it were true our paper is thinner because our plumbing isnt as good surely they'd need to bring the toilets with them as well? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34430305
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The sick weirdos are really taking over
buctootim replied to Saint in Paradise's topic in The Lounge
They do if any of you bothered to check