Mljay - yes increased tax, yet do the kids of today not become the people of tomorrow, i.e pay our pensions, become doctors, lawyers etc

Yes, I agree that the kids of today are the future.

My point was that it is easy to say, just increase tax a few pence on higher rate tax payers to fund this....and then when something else worthwhile comes along, like say funding healthcare, increase tax a few more pence....

Look how the removal of child benefit from higher rate taxpayers caused an outcry (effectively the same as an increase in tax)!