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Budget Day 22 June 2010
zygurat789
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What's he going to do then?
The only thing that is constant is change.
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I certainly hope that note left by his predecessor "Dear Minister - There's no money left" is an example of a joke in extremely poor taste/supreme !!!!!iness to his successor. If it's a statement of fact - then......anyone got a life raft?0
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Cut,cut,cut and raise a few taxeszygurat789 wrote: »What's he going to do then?0 -
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zygurat789 wrote: »What's he going to do then?
I don't know, but I know what I would do: get rid of child benefit and tax credits. If you can't afford children, don't have them!0 -
When was the last time we had a balanced budget ie one where income was equal to expenditure an d there was no need to borrow?The only thing that is constant is change.0
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VAT will rise
Benefits frozen
Tax credits reduced (wish they would get rid of the stupid system and just let people keep more of what they earn, but don't suppose they will, too many rely on them now)
More things will become means tested
And lots of cuts in goverment spending[FONT="]“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]0 -
If there isn't a large amount of cutting spending and raising taxes, it is time to leave the country. Possibly moving to Greece would allow us to live in a more economically sustainable place.
And there will almost certainly be the headline grabbing disbanding of several labour built Quangos, just to draw attention away from how deep some of the cuts will be.All I seem to hear is blah blah blah!0 -
zygurat789 wrote: »When was the last time we had a balanced budget ie one where income was equal to expenditure an d there was no need to borrow?
Budgets 1997 - 2001 had a large surplus which Brown used to pay off debt.0 -
basically whatever happens, the chav scum will still be drinking stella and watching their flat screens in relative comfort, whilst those who work will be squeezed until they bleed.
personally, whilst it would sicken me to pay more tax to pay for the mess of the last 13 yrs having never voted for those filth mongers, it would certainly sweeten the pill if (a) the chav scum are cut off and (b) there are MASSIVE CUTS and job losses in the public sector.0 -
Might be worth bulk buying fags on Monday 21st then .... 10 years' supply.0
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