HOW LONG will this government keep their trick going of announcing every few days: "Oh my goodness, the books are even worse than we thought....This morning, I had a call from Blockbusters, and they informed me that Jack Straw neglected to pay the late return fee on Call of Duty... As a result, the Treasury owes $6 million more than was previously believed to be the case, which makes it a necessity that we sell off the Post Office."
Every commentator on almost every program informs us every day that the deficit is so awful we have to make unprecedented cuts...For example, a poll in this week's Sunday Times asked whether you agree or disagree that the government could save money by "eliminating unnecessary non-jobs in the public sector." As if anyone would say, "No--we must keep those unnecessary non-jobs. They're vital to us all..."
BUT THE government is obviously concerned that when the actual cuts are announced, this consensus might crack. So at the moment, they're still being vague about what they're planning, and they carry on telling us that they're going to scrap "waste."
Still, if there was a genuine pile of waste that could save billions if it was scrapped, they could be more specific, couldn't they...? One group that might just escape that category are the richest 1,000 people in Britain, whose wealth, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, has increased by 30 percent in the last year. That amounts to $114 billion, or half the entire annual deficit...
http://socialistworker.org/2010/06/22/any-excuse-to-make-cuts