Harsh budget

Over the past few days there has been uproar around the country over proposed plans in the budget which is due in December. Enda Kenny has proposed to raise the level of V.A.T by 2% up to 23%, making everything we buy even more expensive than it already is, this move is by the government is a ridiculous that is going to cause serious unrest with the voters in this country. Many people are struggling to pay for day to day items as they have lost their jobs due to the recession and are on social welfare, another area looking to be cut. The 700 million euro that the government are looking to cut is being taken from the most vulnerable people in society, those who sometimes cannot afford to feed themselves and their children, buy books or clothes for their kids and who are living in poverty. Although there are many claiming social welfare who are not in such dire circumstances or even the few who are defrauding the government, a better way of dealing with this situation rather than cutting it is to properly investigate the system to see who needs it and who is defrauding the government and this should lead to a noticeable reduction in the costs involved. the same should be done with child benefit rather than cutting it find out who really needs it and who is using it as 'an extra few pound' and run the system properly rather than hurting the already poverty stricken family's around the country..!!!