Thursday, 11 June 2009

The Eagle Eye Manifesto! The Economy

Whilst UK politics seems to have slowed to a crawl since the European Elections, I, the ever insightful and gloriously wise Mr Eagle Eye, shall be putting together my Eagle Eye Manifesto! It is suggested you heed it and heed it well, for it is not just a contintent of common sense, more a tectonic plate!

Now, whereth does Mr Eagle Eye begin? To quote James Carville (strategist for Bill Clinton during the US Elections in 1992), "It's the Economy, Stupid!", and Mr Eagle Eye agrees! The economy should be the absolute central cornerstone of any government plan; all other aspects are arbitrary, for if the economy does well, everything else has a chance of doing well.

Now, these are only brief peck points for now, and they shall be expanded on in due course!



Mr Eagle Eye proposes drawing back on public spending and it's associated taxation as much as possible, in favour of a free economy, with free people and free markets.
  • Cut Public Spending by privatising Healthcare, Education and other public services, as privately run services operate more efficiently. Less value is lost through the financial incontinence of government administration and beauracracy.
  • Reversing the expansion of, and the gradual phasing out of the Welfare State. This will end the culture of state dependency on part of the claimants, encouraging self-responsibility. In addition, it will further reduce government administration and beaureacracy.
  • A strive to make the UK the easiest and most opportunistic place in the World to set up and operate a business by slashing business taxes and restrictive laws. This will attract investment, encourage free-market competition and innovation, and increase employment.
  • A consistent approach to controlling any public spending to ensure that the government expenditure does not exceed income, with the aim to ensure a healthy surplus is amassed during booms in order to help the nation during a recession without resorting to burrowing.
  • During a recession, any government stimulus is to be limited only to using the surplus amassed during the boom. Even in the event that all the surplus is used, the government will not burrow any money, choosing instead the more responsible action of riding it out.

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