Complete Ban on Protesting

@tomysandy Said

Why right wing (to be honest all the main parties are now in the centre anyway) A left wing government would have keep spending at the same level and we'd be exactly in the same situation as Ireland, money tin in hand. we might have still had jobs but our money that we got paid would be worthless. Instead a right wing government is increasing taxes (like a left wing government would have done) and making people in the public sector unemployed risking another longer and deeper recession. Its lose lose.

@crazychica Said

Labour were planning on waiting a while before a tax increase to give the economy more chance to grow. We are kind of dependant on consumer spending and consumers won't spend if whatever money they have left after taxes isn't enough to buy luxuries. It has to be one or the other, not both. Although this could all be solved with a Robin Hood tax. One small tax on the banks means less pressure on the public

@tomysandy Said

The problem with a robin hood tax is that the banks would just up and leave this country and go somewhere else. This county's economy and therefore its corperate tax reciepts are very reliant on the financial sector. The politicans no this and although it would be popular with the public it would damage our economy. I think corperation tax should actually be reduced, that way we can pinch massive employers (such as Microsoft who have their european HQ in Ireland) from Ireland. It would also help medium and small business to grow and employ more people. costly in the short term, massivly beneficial in long

@crazychica Said

That's exactly what a guy at work said

@Junkyard_Jim Said

a free education

@mark_is_god Said

its not given out for free, a lot of the money given to the students is paid back the students.

in my case i received a grant which i don't have to pay back, and a loan which i do have to pay back.

also people in the UK pay more tax than people in the USA, so it is expected that things UNI are subsidised to an extent.

and besides the people who do obtain degrees from a UNI course, will on average earn more money during their life than someone who did not obtain a degree.
and obviously the more money you make the more tax is taken from you, so its in our country's interest to educate its people to a high degree even if it means subsiding it.

@tomysandy Said

Just a point on that, I worked it out the other day (I was thinkin of moving to the USA at some point) that people in the USA, espically low earners tend to pay more tax than in the UK, depending what state they live in.
Personally I think that students should pay for there education in the form of non interest loans. For example if your doing a business course and then get a job in the city earning ?50000 plus starting salary (like a friend of mine just has) then why should I subsidize that degree. However if you get a teaching or nursing degree and earn under ?25000 I would happily subsidies that. Also I resent subsidizing degrees that will never mean that person getting a job in that field or contributing to the economy