tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post2092283060669142504..comments2024-03-04T15:23:07.880+00:00Comments on Northern Voices: Building Trade Union, Community & Political Resistance to Austerity CutsBlanco Posnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288856212231100137noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-83068388941001018692010-11-26T10:26:21.379+00:002010-11-26T10:26:21.379+00:00Those who remember the consequences of the 1930s C...Those who remember the consequences of the 1930s Cooalition Governnment might disagree that there should be resistance to the cuts.<br /><br />With the world facing the worst economic catastrophe in history much more has to be done. <br /><br />The priority problem is to avoid extinction. In the unlikely event that it is not already too late, there must be a huge contraction in the world economy. THe cuts process must be seen to bear equally harshly on everyone.<br /><br />With Fascists in control of Labour and Lib Dems there is one very narrow political base that might give hope.<br /><br />There are those in the Tory party who were horrified when Thatcher sold the family silver off cheap to her friends and did not clear the National Debt. <br /><br />Fortunately the soggy half baked leftists are not calling for a progressive tax on Wealth sufficiently progressive to clear the National Debt. Geniune Conservatives can take it up as the only way to preserve Capitalism. <br /><br />Doubling the value of money through deflation would leave benefit recipients better off with a thirty percent cut in their benefits!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com