Just stating the obvious?

MP has got into hot water for suggesting that those complaining about how much they are going to lose under the Chancellor's proposed tax credit cuts should look to see if they can't make savings elsewhere in their household budgets - pay-TV has been mentioned.  Just common sense though really, isn't it?  When we were first married we didn't have a television - not that we wouldn't have liked one, but we agreed that for the time being it was a luxury we couldn't afford.  I think I've mentioned previously that at much the same time I gave up smoking for the same reason.  It's tough when you have to give up something you're used to having but, to use an old-fashioned expression, you have to cut your coat according to your cloth.