What we are up against

I said to watch the Blue Blog. Watch the comments also. This is a comment from there, this what we're up against:

A good budget. I’m particularly pleased you are raising VAT the one tax we can decide to pay or not by limiting our consumption.

I can never understand why Labour say poorer people are most affected — do the poor regularly buy wide-screen TVs or state of the art consumer goods? I don’t think so, People make do and mend — in any case, everyday consumables such as food or children’s clothes are zero-rated.