They are seen as fetters on our freedom of action and finances, but doing little to moderate the behaviour of irresponsible states or to assist our wellbeing as a nation".
Clegg told BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House yesterday morning: "He [Darling] needs to enjoy the public's trust when it comes to issues of financial probity, of money, of managing our nation's finances.
He acknowledged that the no campaign needed to appeal to the heart as well as the head but argued the big question is what impact separation would have on family finances and whether Scottish people would be able to afford the NHS and pensions.
Following three months of fruitless talks to reach a cash-for-reform deal with creditors, public finances have never been worse.
Amid a steadily improving economy that has seen the highest pace of job creation in years, Republican attacks on Obama's handling of the country's finances were rarer than during the 2012 election campaign, when the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, styled himself as the candidate to turn around America's economic fate.
It is a more fundamental difference over what to discuss and what kind of agreement will stabilise Greek finances and provide the best long term solution for the currency union.
Student protests in Amsterdam and other Dutch universities in 1969 gave rise to the 1970 University Governance Reorganisation Act which established a much stronger level of student and staff representation in university governance as well as greater democratic oversight and control of university finances.
And remember, most students have to balance their studies with working part-time to boost their finances.
"As with some other major AAA-rated sovereigns, unless off-setting measures were adopted, the capacity of UK public finances to absorb adverse economic and financial shocks that would result in yet higher public debt while retaining its 'AAA' status has largely been exhausted," it said.
"It's all well and good getting first-time buyer finances in shape, but it will amount to hollow words if there are no properties available for them to buy, and if competition continues to push house prices higher and higher".
Taxes were hiked and public spending slashed as Brian Cowen's government sought to plug a widening black hole in Irish public finances.
