The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

The IFS, the Unions and of course the Labour Party all say the the Government's 'cuts' will hit the poor hardest whereas the Tories, the LibDems (well Mr Clegg at least), Mr Murdoch and the OECD say that the 'cuts' are fair, which must mean that they do not think the poor have been the hardest hit. Who you believe is no doubt, as nearly always in politics, which side your heart instinctively supports (my country right or wrong kind of thing). The IFS is said by the Guardian to be Britain's leading tax and spending experts but I instinctively knew they were going to come down against the 'cuts'. I was not disappointed since as far as I can remember they have been against every announcement made by the Tories that they have commented upon. Why is that I wonder and why would the Guardian be such a fan? Why did they always support Brown's budgets? Could it be because they are a Labour supporting think tank? Doesn't that mean that anything they say must be taken with a pinch of salt? Doesn't it also follow that they can't possibly be Britain's leading tax and spending experts?