[WillowTheWhisp]

It's obviously just a personal thing with me but I do tend to look at the bigger picture and how it affects other people not just myself. For instance all the companies and organisations with 'Hyndburn' in their name. I do not belong to any of them and yet I consider it valid to look at the implications for them too.

That's just me. It's just the way I am.

If you only look at things as how they affect you personally then you are entitled to do that. It's the way you are and I don't suppose you will change your approach to life any more than I will change mine.

It's obviously not something we are going to agree on Cashman. A bit like the way I disagree with Bulseyebarb's view of US welfare health care.

However, I do think some people have given their opinions, not only here but also elsewhere such as the Observer and the BBC site, without being in possession of the full facts or realising the full implications. If after learning that it will have an impact in other areas which may receive less from our council taxes in order to find the money for these changes I hope you don't end up complaining about the things that aren't being done because the council can't afford them.