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My point is, Frank, we have just been living beyond our means. No one can go on doing that forever without going broke. And the same applies to countries. A look across the Channel should be enough to tell us to rein in our public spending .

Yes, it will hurt. But gone are the days when the state can support all the litigation, civil and criminal, which is going on. It is simply financially unsustainable. Something has to give. The books have to balance in the end. The coast guard service has been severely cut back. As a result lives will be lost. What is worse, confusion, delay, chaos in the courts, or loss of life?

We have been lulled into thinking that we can continue to live in the manner to which we have become accustomed and we can no longer afford it, if ever we could, as it was paid for with borrowed money which now has to be repaid.

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