(Deputy Prime Minister) Nick Clegg: UK a 'more liberal nation' by 2015

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numonex said:

The UK is going under with a Tory government in power! 750,000 Public service jobs cut and 600,000 private sector jobs will vanish. 25% to 40% Budget cuts. Economic Austerity measures are never good. Debt can be defaulted, there is always the option of not paying it back. 

What do you want Conservatives to do? Keep on spending ridiculous amounts of money at extrodinary rates? If Labour were in power and had done this you would be singing their praises. It appears to me that it doesn't matter what the tories do in power, the old Labour crowd would always say they should do the opposite.

It's not that often i agree with Numonex in 'DaKonsoleWarz' but i agree with him on the way the Coalition it treating the country and the especially the public sector.

They are making very rash decisions and cutting back very heavily, very quickly. They could cut back more sustainably over a longer period of time, support the economy and cut back gradually on the public sector

Every public services employee received an email from 'Dave and Nick' telling us all how important we are, how we're doing such a great job and don't get the credit we deserve, while at the same time laying off thousands and telling the rest of the country that the public service is a waste of money, overpaid and inefficient.

Cutting a million public sector jobs (well 1.3million to be exact) when the economy is not strong enough to provide private sector jobs to replace them will lead to a massive drain on the economy, huge numbers relying on welfare which just isn't able to support such large numbers of people.

Not to mention these now unemployed ex public services staff still having mortgages to pay and no means to do it - leading to repossessions, families without homes and a housing market collapse.