So what should we cut?

More boring opinions on the bbc news web site about why the government should or should not cut certain budgets. My simple response to most people? What on earth are they supposed to do?
It is all very well saying we shouldn't cut X or Y because they are really useful and no-doubt they are. We can all claim that the benefit to society is large for the investment but sadly people, in reality, these things cost money and not only do we not have any, we owe so much money to our creditors that we have to find £132M per DAY on top of our budget to pay for things (and getting worse under Labour). Even if one of these systems is ONLY £2M per year - small in the scheme of it, it is £2M less than what we spend at the minute. There is no one place we can cut enough money to save what we need to save. People revolt at the thought of more tax (and income tax penalises working people more than people on benefits) so what are we supposed to do? Don't bother rioting and protesting, the money is not being held back, it simply doesn't exist, it is CREDIT.
The other thing you sometimes hear is people saying that the government could pay less into something like Trident submarines or Aircraft Carriers and to an extent this is true but again the reality is much more complex. Large contracts are agreed in these industries so that large companies don't invest millions to build something that is then cancelled. If it costs almost as much to build something as to cancel then you have to go ahead. That is a reality of government that, to be honest, most people have absolutely no idea about (even people going for election who make all sorts of promises about what they will or won't do).
Another argument is very weak and concerns things like MPs claiming too much expenses where to be honest, it is such small potatos that people's assumption that it could pay for all the shortfall is incredibly naive. Sure there is waste and sure we should do something about it but only in conjunction with everything else.
If your 18 year old son earned £12K per year and owed £6000 to a credit card and started talking about borrowing more money or simply spending more than he was earning so he couldn't afford to pay the credit card back, you would tell him he was foolish even if he told you this new laptop would REALLY help him with something. That is where our government is so please stop complaining about a situation that the current government has to deal with as best as possible, stop accusing them of Conservative austerity (especially since Labour got us in a mess during times when we had money to save as a country) and try doing things for yourself instead!
Maybe I should work for the Daily Mail!