Comment on Reasons to Vote Labour by David.

I went to University as a mature student, had to leave on medical grounds in the final year, spent a few years on Incapacity Benefit (Income Support on medical grounds) and started an online business about 10-11 years ago and claimed Disabled Person’s Tax Credit which is now rolled into Working Tax Credit (the concept is the same and it’s easier to say than I claimed Disabled Person’s Tax Credit which is now rolled into Working Tax Credit :-)).

You make it sound like everything wrong in the economy today is only Labours fault, you know as well as I do no matter which party was in power over the last 12 years we’d still be in the crap today because of the greed of bankers.

Would we have been better off under the Conservatives all this time, who knows?

I very much doubt it with how badly they managed the economy under Thatcher etc… I can tell you I’ve done well thanks in part (I had to work hard as well) to Labour’s polices over the last decade or so and I don’t think I’d have done so well under the Conservatives.

Now I’ll do well whichever of the two gain power, neither of them do such a bad job the country will go bankrupt as you’ve scaremongered above.

A country isn’t like a business, the world can not afford to let a country like ours go under like you could with a real business. So though we are in massive debt, it’s not ‘real’ debt, we won’t be having debt collectors knocking down the door and taking the furniture.

Government debt stops a government doing the things it wants to do right now until that debt is paid off, so we (the poor people in particular) are in for some difficult times no matter if it’s Labour or Conservative who gain power this time.

IMHO I think it would be far worse for anyone who isn’t able to fully look after themselves under the Conservatives compared to Labour. If I was a “I’m all right Jack” sort of person, I’d vote Conservative as they are more likely to cut my taxes.

I read a comment on the site earlier that 18 of David Cameron’s shadow cabinet are millionaires and David Cameron is a multi millionaire (£30+ million apparently) and between them they are set to save around £7 million in tax cuts if they gain power and pass one planned tax cut policy!!!

I don’t think people like that (born with a silver spoon in their mouth) understand what it’s like to be a hard working British person who despite working hard is still poor and living hand to mouth. The tax break they plan to give to rich people (give to themselves and their friends) despite the recession strongly suggests they don’t care about the “little” people.

If I was a politician and had £30 million I would donate my MP salary to charity and not claim any expenses beyond the basics (parliamentary related travel sort of stuff). If you won a multiple roll over lottery week would you still claim a state pension if you were retired? It’s obscene to claim MPs expenses when you are so rich!

MPs are not meant to be in power for the money and those who are loaded should set an example to show this. When they are no longer MPs they can make a small fortune working as directors and advisers to business etc…

Oh and it’s rubbish that all the rich people are going to leave the UK, Britain is ranked second out of 104 countries regarding entrepreneurship and innovation which attracts foreign and home grown investment in businesses. Wrote an article on it at https://stallion-theme.co.uk/britain-attracts-foreign-investors-and-entrepreneurs/

The Conservatives said the national minimum wage would damage British businesses, they were wrong.

I really hate it when people put down Britain for no good reason. We have our problems, but it’s still a great place to live with a lot of hard working people who just want to get on in life.

David

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