We have been borrowing to fund the state at rates never before seen.
Council tax don’t have to be a couple of grand a year…..you can do all this stuff yourself.
Fire Brigade call out come from home insurance
Find your own waste contractor or take the bins to the tip yourself
Buy your own kids school books.
But, the thing with government is that they are money junkies.
Taxation was always in part about control since the doomsday book but imho government should just stick to their remit, Law, infrastructure, defence and if you want it, a free a point of use healthc