There is no 'of course' about it. I'd rather prioritise education/health care than paying people not to work. Like it or not, fiscal choices have real world consequences, just ask the people suffering after the Truss/Kwarteng mini-budget. You can't just print money and think it will all be peachy.
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A discussion about funding is fine, but when the answer is effectively out of thin air it is time to move on.