THE REAL COST OF GOVERNMENT POLICY.

THE REAL COST OF GOVERNMENT POLICY

We are told that the Government has no money of its own and therefore it is spending our money on our behalf. Therefore I would have thought that politicians had a responsibility to use taxpayer’s money to the benefit of the people of Britain and not just to further their own careers and ambitions. For every pound of taxpayer’s money that they spend abroad there is a knock on effect in Britain. This may be in the form of redundancies, company closures, loss of income tax receipts, payment of benefits, loss of skilled jobs, loss of genuine apprenticeship opportunities, the affect on communities, increased borrowing etc.

The Government should not be spending hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayer’s money abroad, or on foreign manufactured goods, and then telling British business people to get on planes and go and find their own orders for their products. If the British Government are not prepared to purchase and use British manufactured goods and services, why should they expect other people to do so?. They should be the shop windows of the nation to the rest of the world. They should not need to be told this, as they should already be working for the best interests of the people who elected them and whom they are supposed to serve and protect.

Before any Government contract, or order, is signed for the purchase of goods or services from outside Britain, a “REAL COST ANALYSIS”should be produced to support the decision and only when there is no genuine cost effective alternative should it be authorised.

The Government should use its powers to reduce tax avoidance and through tax breaks and other incentives, encourage long term investment in British manufacturing, rather than keep pursuing foreign investment and ownership. It would encourage new and existing companies to manufacture more for the home market, providing much needed jobs and reduce our increasing dependency on imports.

 

James Hancock

A Good Common Man

( Because of what happens when “good men do nothing” Edmund Burke)