iPM: Election questions
The talk of manifestos, pledges, gaffes and u-turns has started. As an election year begins, iPM is offering a new service to help you through it.
Is there a question you'd like to ask or something you'd like explained? Send it to us and we'll see if we can find an answer for you.
It may be about transport, schools, hospitals, childcare, taxes, Europe, MP expenses, whatever, we don't want to be prescriptive, but do keep it succinct.
We'll try and invite the relevant politician or a panel of politicians on to answer it, or perhaps one of our correspondents could explain whatever it is you'd like explained - we can't promise we'll be able to get hold of them, but we'll do our best.
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I particularly liked Eddie's comment that "No question is too stupid".
Just as well Eddie!
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This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
At present the government has borrowed something like £178 billion this year and proposes to borrow another £178 billion (or thereabouts) next year to pay for bankers/quantitative easing etc. This amounts to about £3000 for every man woman and child in the UK (this year) and £6000 next year.
Please can you tell me the truth about the changes in taxation you will have to make after the election to recover this amount?
I do not wish to hear about what you think the other parties are doing. I want to know what levels (in figures) you propose commit to in the levels of VAT, income tax and other forms of taxation. I do fear you haven't even thought about it yet and so I am very cynical.
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2. At 8:42pm on 05 Jan 2010, you wrote:
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How utterly ridiculous.
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The whole moderation thing is utterly Kafkaesque, Giuliano ... really not worth fretting over, though.
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My question is - does Viagra work?
Oh sorry mis-read the heading.
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That made me laugh a lot.
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That's what happens when you reach 60, you need to get your eyes tested.
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Eddie, at 4.41 a.m. I'm surprised you find anything funny. ;o)
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Ln 8, What caused the bad eyesight?
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What do you think?
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ELECTION QUESTION FOR POLITCIANS
What is your Tree policy?
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Why have we bought government debt from the finance houses so that they could buy shares with the dosh?
Why didn't we spend the 200 billion of Quantitative Easing money directly on shares, at knock down prices, in March this last year?
With government thus owning getting on for half of the QUALITY stock on the Ftse, couldn't they have created a reasonable and equal pension for all?
(From, of course, the 60 per cent profit (so far) made on the 200 billion of QE money, if stocks and shares had been bought)
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Or, if you're Ete, post it here ...
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of course, of course, thank you sindy, you can post them here too...
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Ln 11, You're too much of a leftie to be a banker...
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Here's a question: given that we're all going to have to tighten our belts, how can it be moral to take money from unmarried parents and give it to married couples?
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Election Question
Carbon accumulation. De-forestation. Soil erosion. Vanishing wetlands. Diminishing oil and mineral supplies. 9 billion population. And climate change. We’re looking at a convergence of crises, not thousands of years ahead, but in the next 20-30 years. Persuading half the population to turn their thermostat down by one degree will make little difference. What are your plans?
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Here we go again, Sindy can't resist having a dig at other people's suggestions.
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Question about 'The Bonus Culture'.
Today, and on numerous other occassions I have here the statement that bonuses are paid to recruit and retain the best. Fine. If Bankers and Civel Servants are worth it why aren't Nurses, Social workers, Care Workers and other Public Workers who are not self serving? Don't we want to recruit and retain the best in this group too? After all, they certainly aren't in it for the money, whereas the former - just might be. A sorry reflection of our society.
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Another question, only tenuously linked, so it might appear, to the first.
' The cost of wastage of over prescribed drugs'. When my mother died in hospital, very recently, we decided to collect her unwanted prescribed medication. My brother in law, who is a GP came with us. He was dumbfounded by the amount of items we would be taking back to the chemist to throw away. Three bin bags full! These included both tablets and dressings (some of which cost between £20.00 & £30.00 each) and a large box of sustenance drinks, about 50 in number, costing around £2.00 each. Apparently this was what had been (over)ordered from the chemist by my mum. It appears there were no checks on this by any professional.
Some time ago the Today programme ran an investigation into wastage but perhaps a more sustained campaign is required.The media should start to focus far more on questions of real importance - can't imagine they will unless a celebrity name is involved.
At least there may be one GP who will be aware of this. This is where a bit of belt tightening would not go amiss.
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There appears to be some discussion regarding the payment of Child allowances to the Middle Classes or anybody who could afford not to have it. The answer to the problem is quite simple. Several years ago this allowance was taxed. The object of the allowance was for the mother to have this money and for the allowance to be clawed back through the tax system, usually via the father's salary. Therefore if one or both parents are working, one or other of the parents had the allowance taxed in full. Why not bring this taxation system back into play??
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