'Difficult Choices'

With the latest onslaught by the government on our society we are repeatedly told that, with regards cuts, there are difficult choices needed to be made with regards where these cuts are going to be made. These 'difficult choices' are usually framed something like this.

Which of these do you value most?

1-The community archaeologists

2-The crossing guards outside the local school

3-Street lighting on dangerous streets

Well, to be honest I want all of them. How about we frame the question slightly differently?

Which of these do you value most?

1-The community archaeologists

2-Billions spent on nuclear weaponry that we must never use

3-Corporate tax avoidance robbing us of billions that could be spent on services

Looked at like that the answer is easy. We are basically being offered something of a Sophie's choice. We are given a limited set of choices, all of which are a direct attack on our societies, our culture, our heritage, the things that make us who we are and which improve our quality of life.