This video is 3 minutes. It'll explain it without getting deep and is quite entertaining.
[video=youtube;xwOCmJevigw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwOCmJevigw[/video]
In the case of the government enforcing cuts on the population whilst not suffering cuts to their own little perks, this is bad because;
Tt creates an "us and them" ethos to the relationship between the population and government. We are no longer participants in a democracy but we are now subjects of our rulers. As the government will not be subject to their own laws and decisions that will make them far less hesitant about making decisions which are potentially painful or harmful to the population at large.
I live in Wirral. In one of the parks near to me a bunch of volunteers took on around 13-18 disabled kids every day and basically gave them stuff to do. They'd be working in this little herb garden that was set aside, or be drawing, or just feeding the ducks in the pond. It was a pretty important service locally. Not only did it give these kids much needed socialization and stimulation but it gave their families a break to do some shopping or watch a movie or just have some downtime.
Gone. Whilst it was run with volunteers but the facilities were paid for with council cash, council cash that has been taken away in the cuts.
That's hit people hard, and not just the kids and their families. Locally it caused quite a ruckus. That cost far far less than 80k a year. Why not use that 80k to keep that project alive?
