To help the future educational needs of our offspring and to help a construction industry gripped by recession and making thousands of people jobless.....a worthwhile investment IMHO.
To help people fight obecity, improvr their health and fitness and utilise currently underused public leisure services....don't see much wrong in that, surely.
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eighty million pound loan to Sheffield steelworks
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An investment that will help keep many in work, far cheaper in cost than the damage done to whole communities if the steelworks were to close....remember Corus on Teesside?
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four hundred and fifty million pounds to North Tees and Hartlepool hospital and a five hundred and fifty million pound 'Jobseekers guarantee'
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I suppose the Tories would object to the above when you consider the cuts soon to be announced regarding the NHS and the resulting unemployment figure rise.
This is as cynical as governments can get....they announce cuts in spending and benefits prior to carrying out their policies that will surely result not only in drastic funding cuts but an inevitable steep rise in unemployment figures.
Why not tax the banks on their vast profits and those that earn the most income or withdraw from Iraq?
I've one serious concern and that is the simple fact that those most in need are going to pay the heaviest price.