Originally posted on Politics and Insights - kittysjones :
I wrote an article last year – Follow the Money: Tory Ideology is all about handouts to the wealthy that are funded by the poor – which outlines Coalition policies that have widened inequalities and increased poverty
by handing out public money to the wealthy that has been taken from the
poorest. I pointed out that this Government have raided our tax-funded
welfare provision and used it to provide handouts to the very wealthy –
£107, 000 EACH PER YEAR in the form of a tax break for millionaires,
amongst other things.
And what does our imperturbable chancellor
promise if this disgrace of a government is re-elected? True to Tory
form, more of the same: austerity for the poor and public services cuts,
and tax breaks for the wealthiest.
But further cuts to lifeline benefits and
public services is surely untenable. Absolute poverty has risen
dramatically, this past four years…
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