Richie. That is absolute ballocks. First of all, the reason we are in this mess is not because the previous government went on a massive spending spree, but because they had to borrow billions to bail out a group of people who brought us to the brink of a 1930s style depression, and even now have not learned their lesson.

Regarding the rest of your posting. In 1945, the government instituted the welfare state. My parents paid for it, just as I paid for it, and the current users of respite home care paid for that respite care through rates and taxes. Suddenly, when the very people who spent their lives paying for this provision need it, it is whisked away to bail out a bunch of fat cat bankers who are still paying themselves collossal salaries and bonuses.

Where is the justice in that?