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Barry, cutting taxes IS part my policy (post 44): " less taxes going to the Treasury".
That's what I've been writing all along.
And self-financing local Government would also be responsible for all unemployment-related benefit payments within its administrative area, AND have the duty to assure employment to the residents of British citizenship.
The result would be a significant drop in benefit payments, and therefore in Government spending.
I suppose one day, people will realise that what I'm writing here makes sense, and that even you, Barry, are saying "no" to exactly that which you yourself are preaching, namely a cut in taxes and a cut in Government spending.
Because clearly, once unemployment-related benefits are cut significantly, people will not need to pay so much tax, will they??
Because a lot of tax we pay goes on benefits, does it not??
And with more people in employment, there'd be greater spending-power among the populace, which in turn enhances production and trade (be it internal commerce or international). Which in turn stimulates further - and continuous - employment.
As said, we need to leave the EU to put this policy into practice, as it will only work when employment is offered to local people first, and, as a second option, to British citizens in general.
And local economic administration boards need to make sure the rules are applied within their area and that people are not left to languish in unemployment when they want to work.
Hence, free enterprise employers need to be monitored, to make sure they are not busily importing workers from abroad and dumping local people on the benefit system. And dumping the extended families of these imported workers on the benefit and social service system.
After all, we pay for it!
And where there is no production at all in any given sector, or insufficient production, it needs to be introduced/enhanced, even if this means factories run and owned as a community asset. So if all the textile and electronics industries have been outsourced to China, the Authorities will simply reintroduce them and employ US.
This way, we would not have millions of people coming over from other countries and getting jobs, while placing wife and children on housing and child benefit at our expense, and sending their earnings home (abroad). while forcing up the cost of housing.
We would not have millions of unemployed British people living on unemployment and housing benefits and being unable to live a decent life. We would not have a housing shortage and hyper-inflated house and rent prices.
We would not be importing just about everything from China and India.
Result: unemployment and housing benefits (Government spending) would fall drastically and so there'd be no need to pay so much tax to cover these benefits.
Also, millions of people and their families would have a decent income rather than being forced into benefits and sheer poverty.
To suggest this is insanity, and keep arguing and bickering and rubbishing it off, deserves no further comment!
I won't change my views, and there is no alternative.
The current economic system is insane.
This goes as much for Labour, Keith, as for the Conservative party, Barry!