Ducado said:
But the rising unemployment is mostly coming from the public sector, and that money comes from the same pot, it's a bit ruthless but in costs it's cheaper.
Growth can never come from the public sector, growth comes from buisiness investing and expanding, in order to do that the right conditions must exist, the government is at least trying to set those conditions up.
Dont believe the Tory propoganda, the cuts will affect both the public sector and the private sector almost equally. Building firms will not get contracts for new housing, new schools, new roads etc, people not going to work wont be stopping on their way to get a cup of coffee or a paper for their tea break, they wont be getting the bus or train to work, so while the cuts are going to effet the public sector directly this will have both a direct and an indirect attack on the private sector, and while the amount paid in wages might not be as big, neither will the amount recovered in Income tax, VAT etc etc and as the benefit bill increases, so too wil public dissatisfaction.
This is a VERY dangerous road to go down, and will lead to another generation of unemployed and unemployable youths (youth unemployment is now at an all time high, and this is before the EMA is scrapped and university tuition fees are about to treble).