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[chess]

I've been finding out lately that a disturbing number of you are conservatives/Tory supporters of some stripe or another. Being somewhat of a flaming red socialist myself, I'm interested in how you guys justify the belief that the rich ought to get richer and the poor ought to fend for themselves that seems to be the Tory standpoint to me...

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[senji.livejournal.com]

OK, that taxes are being used as efficiently as they can be.

(I'm happy to accept that you think that they are, because I tend to agree, but I don't like hidden assumptions).

[chess]

Okay - my assumption is that no current political party has a 'magic bullet' that will let them maintain public services whilst cutting taxes by making spending 'more efficient'. This is not to say that spending cannot be made more efficient, just that nobody currently has a good enough plan to do it on the vast scale that would be required.