Cast your minds back to April and early May this year and all you heard about in the run up to the election was how Cast Iron Dave would plug the black hole that was draining our economy if he was elected. Today Mr Cameron announced some of the cuts he was to make, mainly in the military and police. Now correct me if I am wrong, but as the military and police are the people keeping this nation and its citizens safe then surely these are essential services. When David Cameron was going on about plugging this black hole I assumed he meant we would stop paying for things that offer us as a nation no benefit at all. We pay millions daily to be a member of the EU, and what do we see from that money? New roads in Spain, restrictions on our agricultural produce, restricting the revenue that could be earned and crippling an already struggling industry; new laws passed that have no benefit to us British citizens, while any ruling our courts make can be over ruled by the EU courts.
On top of that we have just given away millions to Pakistan after the floods to help those affected by the disaster. We are sending billions of pounds a year to “developing” nations. It seems to me that the term developing nations is just another way of saying Islamic countries. The same countries that are taking the money we give them and funding jihadist to attack us. It seems to me we are just trying to appease the Islamic world out of fear, well it isn’t working. Mr Clegg is also lobbying for a law to be introduced making it compulsory for any future government to spend a certain amount of money in helping these Islamic, sorry I meant developing nations.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, more and more money is either being spent on ventures that have no benefit to the British people, or the money is being taken out of our economy and redistributed elsewhere, but I will go into that in more detail in a moment.
It is one thing to be angry at all the cuts being implemented, however if our government put our taxes to work on endeavours that benefited the British people, then any cuts could be understandable, but as I feel I have highlighted, it seems that our needs are secondary. After all Our nation is at war, not just in the middle east, but we are also fighting a jihad in the towns and cities we call home. Surely cuts to the armed forces and our police services, the very same institutions keeping us all, David Cameron included, safe should be the last thing to be considered. I just hope the police say we don’t have the manpower next time you request a motorcade Mr Cameron.
Another of these cuts that has really got my goat is the allowance paid to the Queen. Technically allowance is the wrong word. The payments to the royal family are the result of a long standing agreement between the crown and the government. The government use property belonging to the Queen and in exchange the government pay Her Majesty for the use of these properties. This is no different to you are I paying rent on the house we live in, or the offices we occupy if they belong to somebody else, and as I recall it is the landlord, not the tenant who decides how much rent is paid.
All this begs the question, if I was in charge, how would I do things differently? First of all I would leave the EU, as stated, not only saving billions a year but this would also keep money paid out in wages within our economy. In reference to the point I raised earlier with regards to money being sent out of our economy, allow me to explain how this works. As a result of our membership in the EU, our nation is now employing over 2million immigrant workers, mainly from the poorer eastern European nations. These eastern Europeans come over in what can best be described as work gangs, living and working together. As these gangs are sharing accommodation, usually 8 or 10 to a house, they can work for minimum wage, splitting the rent, council tax as well as utility bills between 10 incomes, meaning they can comfortably work for minimum wage, despite what the going rate of pay is for people in their field, making them an attractive prospect to employers as well as employment agencies. They stay here for a few years, living like paupers, all the while saving enough money to return back to their home nations wealthy men as the cost of living is considerably cheaper over there. This practice on top of the EU payments is costing the country billions upon billions.
If these foreign workers were no longer here, then that would free up over 2 million job opportunities, meaning that 2 million people could be taken off benefits and employed, giving people more money to spend, meaning more VAT as well as cutting the cost of running a welfare state, leaving JSA to become a safety net once more as opposed to the fishing net it has become.
While the country is financially crippled I would also put a stop to all money being donated overseas, except in special circumstances, and certainly not to any nation who is funding terrorism against us.
Some of the money saved I would put back into industries that have been crippled by EU restrictions in order to rebuild them, thus helping to slowly rebuild our economy, such as agriculture, fishing, as well as putting an end to religious slaughter for commercial gain. I would also use some of the money to help british businesses grow as well as offering a subsidiary for all ferry crossings to the continent allowing british businesses to compete in business opportunities on the continent.
Another way to help one of our failing industries would be to remove the smoking ban in pubs and clubs. Since the ban was introduced people have stopped going to pubs as often as the atmosphere has changed dramatically as it seems at any given time half the pub is stood in the car park or the beer garden having a ciggy. Non smokers new when they went to the boozer people would be smoking and it never stopped them from going, and as public houses are shutting down at a rate no body could predict it proves that once again a government enforced social experiment is a failure.
In order to give the economy a well needed immediate boost I would also issue a licence to grow marijuana. Not only would this give a quick fix to the economy but would also put money back into the hands of the country and out of the hands of the dealers. A more long-term benefit of this would be a reduction in people using harder drugs, as cannabis is often described as a gateway drug, people growing their own would have no need to visit a dealer, hopefully preventing them from being introduced to harder drugs until they are at an age to make an informed choice as opposed to submitting to peer pressure
Once again, thank you for taking the time to read this.