POLITICS IS LARGELY, THOUGH NOT ENTIRELY, ABOUT MONEY.  How to raise it and how to spend it.  In that context, welfare reform is often discussed as a national issue.  In reality, the need for reform is already visible here in East Surrey.     The United Kingdom’s welfare system is under strain from forces that are both predictable and unavoidable.  People are living longer.  Birth rates are lower.  The ratio of working-age individuals to retirees is steadily declining.  Fewer

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I ask the question because plainly, our leaders have forgotten the answer.   Civilisation was created to solve a problem.  In the wild, animals are the original hunter gatherers, existing from one meal to the next.  They roam the land, either grazing their territories or hunting the herds for food.  An ecology of predator or prey where everything is immediate: there is no surplus to protect beyond fighting off the carrion feeders who would steal your latest kill, & no coopera

The UK government borrows money to finance its spending when it exceeds tax revenue, or to fund specific projects. This annual borrowing...

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