The Budget
 

Well i am shocked i came on site this morning and not one thread about the Budget:D
woo 1p reduced off beer
26p put on cigs
no fuel increase

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Mick I think the general apathy to this event is because it is just too little too late.
If the Escalator tax on beer had been dropped when the party first came to power, then maybe there might be a few more pubs trading.

A lot of what is proposed is not going to come in for another year....and some of the things promised...like the boost in money for child-care, may not happen. It will depend on the re-election to power of this woeful government...it is a push me pull you animal....you'd think that the two coalition parties could drop their own agenda's for the good of the country....but no. It isn't the country that matters to them...it is their own hubristic political ambitions that drive them.
I'm off now to take the anti cynicism pills.

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save some for me:D

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I have plenty Mick they're on my repeat prescription list :D

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ok Jay will swap you for a Haggis or Black pudding

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at the very least your looking at having to drink 200 pints before you get a free pint out of this government ...

wasnt too long ago they were moaning that we drink too much and then they bring out a buy 200 get one free deal on beer ?

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Politicians might not be fully human - hence have no empathy.

Alcuin and Flutterby: The Bilocation of Hillary Clone-Clinton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cloning

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What the hell has this to do with the budget:confused:

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They are ignoring the human suffering that their financial constraints cause.

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She gets exited when someone mentions tablets. :D

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Hell I'm glad I don't live in your world Margaret, I'd have thrown the towel in by now

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I'd better keep quiet in future then Roy:D

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I must admit that I take little interest in the Budget . But that bit about the beer caught my eye .

After what the politicians have been saying about beer prices has anyone any idea why beer has been reduced in price , however so little ? :confused:

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They throw you a crumb while they steal your loaf.

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That committee the tories appointed reckon its a crap Budget, n as Budget was what they were appointed for, That heaps embarrassment on the pillock Osbourne.:rolleyes:

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This is because it affects them not one little bit.
You can bet your life if it did affect them, they would have been more action and much less talking.
Just remember all this when they come knocking on your door wanting your vote...it's not so long off........all three main parties are a shower of Fisons.

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When I first started out in politics back in the early 60s, people respected Councillor's and their MP, mind you in those days councillors did the job because they wanted to do it and were not paid, payment started when reorganisation came in in around 73 I think. As for MPs well does anybody have any respect for MPs of any persuasion, very little, that's why the turnout at the last GE wasn't much over 60%, and I think you might find its even worse next time around

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well thats you and less saving around 10p on a saturday afternoon ??

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Each, do you mean Rob:D

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where did he find 135 billion pounds to give to the banks:confused::eek:

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You mean you don't know, go and sit on the naughty step with a dunces hat on. Thought you might just have mention that borrowing this month is the lowest for 5 years, was expecting a link from you C'mon:rolleyes:

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Sheesh ... I'm old enough to remember the time when a penny off the price of a pint actually meant something;)

I'm not affected by your budget of course ... ours comes down today; and it's going to be a tory budget.:mad: But what struck me is how far off Osbourne's growth projections were. If he made such a mistake in the private sector, he would be out of a job toot sweet. How in hell's name is that loser keeping his job? From afar it seems obvious that he doesn't know what he's doing. From what I can see, you guys won't have recovered from the last recession by the time the next one hits.

Canada has a shortage of skilled workers in health care, IT, building trades ... in fact, all skilled trades: electricians, plumbers, pipe fitters, welders etc. etc. ... Anyone feel up for an adventure:D?

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To be honest Eric I was considering doing exactly what you did back in the sixties, but alas I got Married, a few of my mates did take the plunge but can I remember their names can I hell, can even still picture them, but names:(

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Of course :)

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If you're canvassing for mass immigration into Canada just be careful - you might just get what you wish for!

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From what I read, we got Chinese miners in BC and Irish carpenters in Regina ...

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I did, went to london, offered a job, put house up fer sale mid 70s n then wife chickened out.:eek:

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Having looked at the budget details again, I just can't see the point of it.:confused: It looks like more of what he has been doing since he became Chancellor. Former Canadian P.M. John Diefenbaker, referring to a Liberal cabinet shuffle, remarked, "Same deck; all he (Pearson, I believe) did was add a couple more deuces." Same could be said about O's budget.

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Our budget is in. Nothing much. Not in the area of tax increases or cuts in services. A little tinkering here and there; but the govt. is on track to eliminate the deficit by 2015 by standing pat. But that seems to be the problem, as the opposition parties see it. The deficit is only about 25 billion; and the opposition believe, correctly in my opinion, that stimulating growth will increase tax revenue by more than enough to eliminate the deficit, and, at the same time create jobs and benefit the housing market (and construction trades) and the retail sector. Timid government. We ain't gonna lose nothin' ... and will gain the same amount. Nothing ventured; nothing gained.

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I did exactly the same in 1974 Cashy.......we were due to go out to Oz and we were all set and I got cold feet and chickened out.
If I were still of working age I would definitely be thinking of deserting the ship.

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knowing this government they probabbly took a lone out at wonga.dot.com