Do you have any money left and can we have it?

I responded to a survey on my intended spending patterns, presumably intended to gauge the effects of the oncoming austerity measures.

Surely these answers are self-evident. prices are rising, wages are and jobs are falling. You start to curb your spending by trimming the fat, then by deciding which bits of muscle can go first and finally you cut your throat, whilst reading about politicians elbowing their way to the trough, on your behalf.

cut benefits and cut wages!

The line being taken, by those of the Right (such as the Political Editor of the Daily Express), that we should reduce the drain on the Economy, by the benefit system has some merit; Even though potential savings will be like spitting into the Wind, when considered alongside cash we have, generously donated to the Bankers.
However, the avowed intent to help people get off benefits by offering a hand up, needs to be considered in terms of the attacks by the Right on Unionists.
The pressure on those in work to take less pay and worsening conditions, hardly provides an incentive to come off benefits and take up employment in today’s workplace.
Put another way; you can’t give someone a hand up, while you’re standing on their neck.