Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Meanwhile - "Fixing" the economy
The Brits have a newly elected government, and it looks like they're willing to make the tough choices necessary to "fix" their economy...
Rosa Prince recently reported this in the U.K. Telegraph:
"In a speech at the children's charity Barnardo's yesterday, Mr Clegg said the current child tax credit scheme was 'madness'.
'Crucially, we need to reverse the trend of making families ever more dependent on the state,' he said.
'The previous government believed social change must always be driven from the centre. But that's government at its worst – insecure government, government that creates needy families.'
He continued: 'That's why this government is going to raise the income tax personal allowance so that families can keep more of the money they earn.'"
