Surely if previous generations have paid enough, we would be sitting on a budget surplus, not defiit.

Non-working class is increasing not because they do not want to work, but because there is less and less work around. Ever increasing unemployment figures may be a clue. Redundancies are all around us. There is also hidden unemployment of families who are forced to give up jobs to look after their children, as help towards childcare is reduced, and it becomes uneconomical to work.

Now I would expect that these families are facing disproportionate hardship, and then somehow priority for government is to reduce the highest rate of tax.

There is no strategy in the budget of how unemployment will be reduced. On the contrary it is expected to increase further.

So make sure you are not the unfortunate one to lose your job. How long can you manage before you are forced to sell your home, because of temporary unemployment?
If you are a pensioner, you’ll be all right. You have paid all your dues and the state should look after and protect you from the hardship everyone else should endure.
If you are rich, we want to encourage you to become even more rich and throw in some tax cuts for you.

It is nice to know that We are all in this together