| Topic: | The Blame Game | |
| Posted by: | George Knox | |
| Date/Time: | 11/01/11 12:22:00 |
| What no one knows is by how much the failed electioneering bribe benefitted the business community in the Borough. A ONCE OFF paltry £50 will not have saved our local businesses/traders or increased employment. With personal debt being at its highest ever, it would be more reasonable to assume that many paid off a bit of debt rather than spent the lion’s share on the business and trading community in our own borough. Paying down debt is the priority activity of what is happening across the whole country. What we do know is that some of the forthcoming budget cuts will be 12% worse than would have been the case if reserves had been £6M higher. So our libraries or our park ranger service or a day centre are being hit harder. Our new parking charges are iniquitous. Or our Adult or Children’s services are going to be hit harder. Or other Services. And Council jobs. Why shouldn’t tax payer’s money be returned? In present circumstances that line of argument is specious. Since the beginning of time everyone wants to pay the smallest tax they can get away with. But at the same time people want or need their services and they want these to be reduced as little as possible. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t have handouts without penalties. The complaint is about timing and priority. No person who manages their finances prudently borrows before an impending financial crisis which you already knew about. Instead they put the money aside. They wait until the financial climate is more favourable and that is then the time when they spend it. If that person instead spends or borrows the money just before a known financial crisis, they are seen to be foolish and reckless. The Tories were foolish with their timing. They complain, and rightly, about the reduction of services now. Had they had a more mature sense of priority and foresight they would have stuffed that £6M in the coffers to lessen the blow of the cuts. They did not. Sadly their recklessness makes them partly culpable for what will happen now. This is exactly why the shabby little bribe should not have been agreed. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Day centres to close | 23/09/10 19:20:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Day centres to close | 23/09/10 22:12:00 | Marie Shelly |
| Re:Re:Day centres to close | 23/09/10 23:20:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 24/09/10 09:45:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 24/09/10 09:54:00 | Libby Kemp |
| Re:Day centres to close | 24/09/10 10:06:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Day centres to close | 24/09/10 12:35:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 26/09/10 21:55:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 26/09/10 23:33:00 | Alan Brainsby |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 27/09/10 09:38:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Day centres to close | 29/09/10 16:59:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Day centres to close | 29/09/10 19:01:00 | Robert Darke |
| Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 29/09/10 20:05:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 29/09/10 21:16:00 | Alan Brainsby |
| Re:Day centres to close | 30/09/10 13:41:00 | Libby Kemp |
| Re:Re:Day centres to close | 30/09/10 16:05:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 05/10/10 23:02:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Day centres to close | 03/01/11 23:46:00 | Philippa Bond |
| The Blame Game | 04/01/11 12:57:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:The Blame Game | 05/01/11 11:22:00 | Phil Taylor |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 05/01/11 14:38:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:The Blame Game | 06/01/11 19:43:00 | Rosa Popham |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 07/01/11 00:02:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 07/01/11 01:56:00 | Rosa Popham |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 07/01/11 12:59:00 | Robin Taylor |
| The Blame Game | 07/01/11 15:41:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 07/01/11 21:56:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 11:15:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 12:19:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 13:50:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 14:21:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 17:38:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 18:37:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 09/01/11 18:29:00 | Rosa Popham |
| The Blame Game | 11/01/11 12:22:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 12:54:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 13:20:00 | Phil Taylor |
| The Blame Game | 11/01/11 14:08:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 16:19:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 16:49:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 17:23:00 | Colm Costello |
| The Blame Game | 11/01/11 18:30:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 19:07:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 20:20:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 22:49:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 12/01/11 09:47:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 12/01/11 11:22:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 01:27:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 09:22:00 | Colm Costello |
| The Blame Game | 13/01/11 10:34:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 15:42:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 20:34:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 14/01/11 18:03:00 | Thomas Hillyard |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 20:56:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 22:24:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 22:43:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 23:05:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 14/01/11 12:57:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 14/01/11 17:51:00 | Thomas Hillyard |
| The Blame Game | 14/01/11 18:40:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 14/01/11 22:10:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 15/01/11 16:08:00 | Jaz Brown |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 18/01/11 17:26:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 15/01/11 16:30:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 27/01/11 20:44:00 | Simon Stewart |
| Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 16:55:00 | Eric Alan Leach |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game doesn't answer the question | 16/01/11 09:40:00 | Philippa Bond |