Budget 2009 - Page 2

Royboy39 · 22-04-2009, 16:27

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Originally Posted by Mancie

oh I don't know..are we talking Peso's?..cause I reckon it's about 6 quid

I think thats the answer we got today from Mickey Mouse and Flash Gordon...........................

jaysay · 22-04-2009, 16:37

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Originally Posted by Royboy39

I think thats the answer we got today from Mickey Mouse and Flash Gordon...........................

What do you expect Roy they're still using a bloody Abacus the pair of divvies

Gayle · 22-04-2009, 19:06

Well I've just been on the BBC's budget calculator and it's worked out that Chris and I will be £592.59 better off! So benefits us.

lindsay ormerod · 22-04-2009, 19:09

Same here Gayle, about £550 better off so I am not complaining! And that is due to increases in family tax credits and family allowance plus I will be paying less tax and NI, great!

Neil · 22-04-2009, 19:30

I hate the thought I will be paying 50% tax soon

Benipete · 22-04-2009, 19:30

It was suggested that If we all drank five more pints of lager a day and smoked an extra 20 fags we could see a light at the end of the tunnel within 6 months.

In my case it will be the channel tunnel.With a bit of luck.

Eric · 22-04-2009, 19:39

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Originally Posted by Mancie

You make it all sound very simple Andrew..how about telling us were you would start making your cuts in public spending to pay for your tax breaks and less Government borrowing..NHS? sickness benifits? pensions?..or by cutting jobs in public sector causing even worse unemployment?
Your solution is the same old Tory way that has been tried and tested in the past..in fact it has been the same Tory policy since the war..and has never worked..it just causes more misery!...have you people got any new ideas?

True indeed ... esp. the last bit .... but Andrew is right in a sense; what is needed is consumer cofidence ... but the threat of govt. economy which rides on the backs of the poorer elements in society is not the answer. Nor is the simplistic "live within it's means" bs ... we are talking complex economies here, economies that have developed into entities we have never had before (like the EU), and to compare these economies to individual budgeting (now, if we cut back on bacon, we can buy more beer) is pure, unadulterated horse manure. What all countries need are new ways of addressing economic problems; and one thing is obvious: we can't leave the running of business to the businessmen ... they screwed up massively and dumped us into the economic craphouse, proving that they can be trusted only to line their pockets at the expense of the ordinary citizen, and their national economies.

lindsay ormerod · 22-04-2009, 19:48

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Originally Posted by Neil

I hate the thought I will be paying 50% tax soon

I sympathise Neil, sadly I am quite some way off the high earners bracket so it won't be troubling me for the foreseeable future!

Neil · 22-04-2009, 20:01

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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

I sympathise Neil, sadly I am quite some way off the high earners bracket so it won't be troubling me for the foreseeable future!

I was not being serious. I think the 50% was for those earning £150,000. That just a couple of quid out of my league

Mancie · 22-04-2009, 20:08

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Originally Posted by jaysay

What do you expect Roy they're still using a bloody Abacus the pair of divvies

..so say the die hard fans of Norman Lamont and Geoffrey Howe..

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Royboy39 · 22-04-2009, 21:07

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Originally Posted by Mancie

..so say the die hard fans of Norman Lamont and Geoffrey Howe..

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How the hell.....on this earth can you support the numpties who have got the country in the mess that every man, woman and child will be paying for decades to pay back the debt.
New Labour has gone 'tits up' big time.

Lilly · 22-04-2009, 21:17

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Originally Posted by Neil

I was not being serious. I think the 50% was for those earning £150,000. That just a couple of quid out of my league

I thought you meant it! Hahaha.....maybe if you were a barrister, Neil.

Mancie · 22-04-2009, 21:20

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Originally Posted by Royboy39

How the hell.....on this earth can you support the numpties who have got the country in the mess that every man, woman and child will be paying for decades to pay back the debt.
New Labour has gone 'tits up' big time.

I don't support numpties.. Labour or any others...you can argue all day about who and what got us into the mess.. but I know that the same old agenda put forward by Andrew has not got us out of recessions in the past and there's no reason to believe it would work this time...I'll be honest and say I was almost afraid the opposition may have had something new to offer the country at this time because I personally don't want them back in power..but if anyone thinks the old tune about tax cuts along with public spending cuts are the answer.. then they are the living in a past that was even worse than it is now.

Royboy39 · 22-04-2009, 21:42

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Originally Posted by Mancie

I don't support numpties.. Labour or any others.. then they are the living in a past that was even worse than it is now.

I remember the country rejected Churchill after the war and the labour government of the day lost control.
I remember the pemiership of Wilson and the labour government lost control
I remember the 'Winter of Discontent' labour lost control.
You can fool the some of the people some of the time...as the saying goes...............Time for a change.

katex · 22-04-2009, 21:45

Well, I will be worse off by £ 75.47 approx. due to the tax on my pleasures i.e. tobacco, wine and driving, overtaking the rise in my state pension.