Friday, October 09, 2009
Guido on Big Government
The attack on Big Government: “government got too big, promised too much and pretended that it had all the answers” and the little reported promise of a return to sound money policies. The emphasis on the family unit as the essential foundation of society, the emphasis on lower taxes for the lower paid and the education reforms which are the most exciting manifesto promise from the Tories, all sound good.
What is a little unconvincing is the idea that in government the Tories will roll back Big Government, policy after policy is statist; the Tories are proposing 17 new quangos, threatening to put up taxes and devoid of privatisation proposals. When the leader of the LibDems is sounding more right-wing on taxes and implementing “savage spending cuts” than the leader of the Tories, you wonder who is really offering real change?
IMO: A pity Labor does not pull up its socks RIGHT NOW, an improved answer might solve Guido's problems within the ground rules of both (or all) parties. We also need a Lisbon referendum and more open voting as much discussed already in this blog. Both are still possible to Labor. Further there should be a more eyes open approach to fringe religious groups like the small Muslim minority, especially bearing in mind the likely course of the EU. What is more the expenses scandal ought to be dealt with, disgusting that only the Telegraph newspaper did so for awhile.
What is a little unconvincing is the idea that in government the Tories will roll back Big Government, policy after policy is statist; the Tories are proposing 17 new quangos, threatening to put up taxes and devoid of privatisation proposals. When the leader of the LibDems is sounding more right-wing on taxes and implementing “savage spending cuts” than the leader of the Tories, you wonder who is really offering real change?
IMO: A pity Labor does not pull up its socks RIGHT NOW, an improved answer might solve Guido's problems within the ground rules of both (or all) parties. We also need a Lisbon referendum and more open voting as much discussed already in this blog. Both are still possible to Labor. Further there should be a more eyes open approach to fringe religious groups like the small Muslim minority, especially bearing in mind the likely course of the EU. What is more the expenses scandal ought to be dealt with, disgusting that only the Telegraph newspaper did so for awhile.
# posted by uv : 3:45 AM
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