Ah the old, pretend we weren't really in recession the entire time, I think I already said what the tories did, they have put us in a better position for a recession that was 100% always going to happen due to the handling of the economy in the past 15 years, and specifically for how we "got out" of the last recession.
At the end of the day, one thing that is undeniable is, that while the Tories have tried to re-structure the debt, they have made absolutely zero plan for if the Country drops back into a recession. They've promoted nothing because they are withdrawing investment.
It's NOT about avoiding recession, its about riding the inevitable recession Brown put us on course with as well as possible, its that simple. The way to ride it as best as possible is with the lowest debt and lowest deficit they could achieve. Labour have faught tooth and nail at every turn to make cuts quick enough to lessen the blow of a recession while Labours plan was to continue spending to "fake grow" our economy........ WHICH WAS THE RUDDY REASON FOR IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I agree 100% but to just raise this so laterally, but why were the cuts loaded top end heavy? For example, the first year had for most departments the heaviest swing of cuts with the least coming in the final year of Parliament. It surely, would have made more sense to have the heaviest cuts toward the end of Parliament, thus giving the maximum amount of time for departments to be able to identify their own savings, i.e. going digital, reducing contractors etc... from the "poor mans point of view"... why not give them plenty of time to identify savings... you know, much like how the Government has given the "rich" 3 or 4yrs to move their cash from Tax havens in Europe? It would make a practical sense. A Business that just slashes and burns will inevitably over a few years start to go down the tube... my last employer for example.
Labours years of spending for artificial growth is what got this country in trouble, their plan of doing this again, and again and again is utterly flawed, have the conservatives got everything right no, have they done better than Labour did, without question. LIkewise without the idiots on the other side lying to the press and talking utter rubbish, had they helped come up with cuts and plans for more cuts rather than fighting every single cut and trying to make the other side look bad for every single cut, this country would be in a better place than it is now also.
It is, i agree. Its just like i actually argued in 2010 when the Tories came in... unemployment will rise massively (now proven). The UK will go back into a recession within a couple of years (now proven). I argued that by having investment put into the country (like the US, Germany, France etc) it can avoid a recession. Consumer confidence is what makes an ecomony. How much Labour would spend is open to debate.
You can't long term run a country the way Labour did, want to do now, and will do if/when they get back in power, and absolutely disgustingly, rather than admit their mistake, admit their ridiculous plan of propping up the GDP with borrowed money, they have the actual balls to make it more difficult to make the cuts that are absolutely needed?
You certainly can't. But equally you can't cut the opportunity of the young can you? The young are this countries future. EMA is gone, its replacement is a joke and a shamble of a system that is only beneficial for a tiny percentage. University fee's sky rocketing, according to the figures a 20,000 fewer applicant count that will continue to rise. The most sensible thing i've probably ever heard a scouser say was the head of the Student Union (you best friends from the tone of your posts), who said that "after a recession, investing and supporting the young at College and University is the fabric for success... the Government is making a massive mistake here"...
Here's where Labour put us, a 3% shrink in construction output, a 0.4% manufacturing output reduction and a 0.1% growth(or was it loss) in the service sector averages out to a 0.2% loss overall.
Lets see where the tories put us at the end of Parliament shall we?
What i've recently discovered is that the latest round of QE (£50bn) could fund in full:
- 9million Apprenticeships in full
or
- 2million University 3yr Courses in full
That's right, Labour turned us into a service sector country, with no basis on manufacturing, construction or any world leading industry to rely on that is the entire reason our country is screwed, our economy is bad and Labour are utterly retarded. Their plan for fixing it, keep borrowing money we can't afford to borrow, to artificially create jobs that aren't needed in the public service industry, all the while shrinking the private sector and real "money making" industries.
Well... if you are arguing about the negatives there. It only seems to be supermarkets taking on. In fact i'd argue that if there were 100 jobs going as a proportion supermarket positions would occupy 30 of those. And to draw light to your last part: money making industries... Cameron's buddies in Private Business are not keeping to their end of the bargain in taking on people are they... you can imagine at one of his £250,000 premier league dinner meetings a few years ago now... we'll cut your tax on your business we'll cut your tax for you (50% to 45%) but you must hire some of the 400,000 workers we're planning on sending down the tube... around the same time (boy) George was sitting down to the Bilderberg meal with these titans... "Yes! David has a plan for these people... you are going to take them on"... "Really?"... "Yes, really. And, whats more we're looking to ensure that you Mr Klein have an opportunity to gain money through the NHS"... "We will talk some more"...
Its quite ironic that even now, these private individuals are not keeping to their end of the bargain. I seem to recall Cameron or Osbourne predicting that the private sector will pick up in 2012 and recruit vast numbers of people (in the hundreds of thousands)... but again Business isn't playing ball.
One thing to consider and realise is that a Country needs to have investment whether it is in recession or in a boom. I believe you used Dubai as a case in point. Its housing bubble has burst (and burst even during the Contruction phase)... its even now unspoken there... but there is vast debt and the plans for some super projects are still being given the go-ahead.
