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Barry, my firm belief is that we as a Nation and Country have allies in the world who, as peoples, countries and governments, share the same interests as we do to maintain peace.
Governments will not allow that allied and friendly nations become involved in attrition with eachother that would require contraposing military strength, not even as a derterrent.
Hence, although I do not agree with the way NATO's constitution was changed in the '90s from a defensive alliance into one of world-order, a wider-reaching alliance of intents (which doesn't necessarily have to be NATO) will - and probably does - assure that we will never have a war between friendly countries. Military spending cuts are essential for our economy, but this does not mean that we would not be able to defend ourselves in time of war. The idea is, though, that our neighbours in Europe will never invade us, but are friendly countries, as peoples. So we don not all need to have each hundreds of warplanes, and many tens of expensive warships.
Smaller contingents are enough, as we would all help each-other anyway in case of a threat, such as the Somali pirate scene, which we do. But society will disagree more and more with decisions to deny disadvantaged and vulnerable people their basic rights to receiving the particular aid they need.
If we start with holding back the small pay-outs to people in need of a helping hand at home, then next it will be with-holding medicines, making heating-fuel more expensive for people who can't afford it anyway, and denying access to hospital treatment to chronically ill people.
We must stand up now and say No! to this sort of policy, before it gets too late. I can see where it would lead to if we don't, and debate is the best way to go about it. You might find, Barry, that more and more people will become afraid if this sort of policy starts off and continues, either for themselves or for other people in general, including loved ones.
If our society has to introduce inhumane measures, with the prospect of these measures getting stricter once they start being introduced, then more people will show their discontent, which is essentially what you experienced yesterday with Jimmy.
You exposed yourself to criticism, Barry, with your first post on this thread, it had to come, because people did not ever vote nor work for a system of inhumane principles.