A choice made by Politicians!

Nobody chooses to be poor, especially in a nation that should be the 6th wealthiest in the world.

But many are, through no fault of their own. How a country distributes its wealth is important. Ours has been squandered by Westminster to the point where Britain as a whole is up to its neck in debt.

The UK’s high debt (around 100% of GDP, the highest since the 1960s) is primarily driven by accumulated structural deficits, where government spending consistently exceeds tax revenue. Major drivers include massive borrowing for COVID-19 support (£78-£229 billion annually), the 2008 financial crisis, low economic growth, and rising costs for an aging population. 

Look at the last one!!

Those of us, who built this country are now being partly blamed for its debt!

Before I retired 27yrs ago, the forthcoming explosion of the elderly population was being talked about even then. Now I don’t know about you, but I would have thought that 25+ years was more than sufficient time to plan ahead.

But it appears politics doesn’t work that way. They only respond to ‘the now’, hoping the future can be left for someone else to deal with!!

It is said about the crisis we are living through right now, that Britain in particular will find it harder to adjust…….why? Because we are all living beyond our means apparently!

Well, I’m not…..are you?

Politicians would rather blame us, than look at their continual bad choices.

They make the choices…..we pay for them!

Are we going to say next week, that’s fine, just carry on? Or are we going to start saying No more?

The choice really is that simple.

It’s time to say what we mean and mean what we say.

And there’s a bunch of Candidates out there who will do just that from a number of Parties.

To eradicate poverty we need the fiscal levers to do so. That means we need people in Holyrood who will use all the tools in the box to push back on wasteful policies and always put Independence front and centre….. and stop the gravy train!