The realities of 'Prudence'

"If it wasn't so serious it would be laughable". I imagine if you are in business circles this statement is one you will have heard quite a bit recently. The truth is it IS serious and even worse it IS laughable how the current government posture and preen themselves in public gaze while doing absolutely nothing to ease the current burden being shouldered by SME's in this country.
The economy is reliant on SME's to spark the economy into life from the doldrums the city lowered us into over 3 years ago but instead of focusing on the core product this government like many others is going for the quick 'soundbite' to warrant it's existence. The reality is business people and businesses as a whole are slowly finding their work from ever decreasing circles of supply. In other words the very fuel they rely on to keep alight is dwindling fast.
Now, seasoned campaigners who have been through recessions before (myself included) realise that the sooner you take care of business then business takes care of you, a fact clearly not recognised by the current crew in parliament. SME's are the fuel for the economy as a whole, they are the nightwatchmen of the economy and you ignore them at your peril. Labour courted big business and sold it's corporate soul to the devil and we now see a re-enactment of the same scenario from the Coalition, who, we all remember came in on a wave of 'anti-red-tape' and a promise to secure funding at affordable levels from those who would see us in this mess in the first place, namely the banking industry. Neither of these promises have come to fruition. No surprise there then.
I don't blame government for all our woes, I think as a population we have lived on the credit card train at an unsustainable level far too long and it was always going to come back to haunt us. The 'buy now pay later' era has moved to it's second and hardest phase 'pay later' is here.  It seems we are too quick off the mark in wanting to find someone responsible for what in the end are our own very human-like shortcomings. The same can be said about the compensation culture, instead of a simple accident due to our own bad luck or (more often than not) our own stupidity we now HAVE to find someone to blame it on and seek compensation. It destroys our ability to work on our own initiative or take even the slightest risk and worse still it makes running a business a minefield with health and safety issues taking up more paperwork than the firms annual accounts.
So, here is some advice for those that would be king in Downing St.  Without fuel your economy will fail, so feed the SME's and they in turn will feed your economy. I would also suggest outlawing companies preying on the poorer amongst us touting for insurance 'no win no fee' accident claims. The money saved on payouts alone would surely equate to the funding of a Nationwide young apprentice scheme. Sounds simple?. The best solutions that work mostly are. Ask any businessman, oh sorry I forgot, we haven't any businessmen in government have we?....