Re: The Budget 2012 : Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:52 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Let's be honest, regardless of the content of the Budget, there would always have been a 25 page thread on here with the majority of posters whining about it and how the Conservatives are screwing everyone over. somehow.

Why not? We used to get them whenever Labour were in charge, and you can't really blame the opposition for this one!

Re: The Budget 2012 : Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:53 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

I don't know how I'm going to cope over the next year after all these disgraceful decisions that that nasty cretin Osbourne has made. He is bringing the country to its knees. ITS KNEES! The Labour chappy would have done a far better job.

Well indeed.

Re: The Budget 2012 : Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:09 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

I don't know how I'm going to cope over the next year after all these disgraceful decisions that that nasty cretin Osbourne has made. He is bringing the country to its knees. ITS KNEES! The Labour chappy would have done a far better job.

You wont have to worry mate. You live in the South!

[DaveO]

Re: The Budget 2012 : Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:13 pm  

Richie wrote:

If everyone's tax is spent in the same way, and you'd have to assume it would be, a simple web application would do it. i.e. if x% goes on defence and y% on the NHS, the app could just use your tax paid figure and split it up. With a bit more work it could do the same from your personal details and NI number.

There is a danger if they did that people would have the information at their finger tips to be able to dismiss the kind of arguments used to justify cutbacks.

For example if this had been available when the student loan controversy was raging and pea-brain Willets was twittering on about how much Postmen pay towards university education and how wrong it was they did, they would have been able to find out it was about £40 or less a year of their total tax paid that went that way.

Re: The Budget 2012 : Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:35 pm  

Thought the budget was pretty much spot on. Good moves to cut the top tax rate and excellent move to cut corp tax to encourage growth. Britain is open for business again.

Re: The Budget 2012 : Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:41 pm  

Ajw71 wrote:

Thought the budget was pretty much spot on. Good moves to cut the top tax rate and excellent move to cut corp tax to encourage growth. Britain is open for business again.

So - either clueless, utterly selfish or your balls haven't dropped yet.

Re: The Budget 2012 : Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:52 pm  

fargrange1 wrote:

I thought someone might have commented on the Automatic Review of the State Pension age. Does this mean putting my pension age to 67 or more since they last put it up from 65 to 66 last year. Sorry I forgot we are all living to 100 plus. Not where I live they arnt

Since the bast.. sorry, the government are so keen on localism with the regional pay deals then there should be a regional pension age taking into account regional life expectancy.

In the North East (2010-male) it's 77.2 years
In the South East (2010-male) it's 79.7 years

So if the retirement age is 67 in the South East it should be 65 in the North East. The Southerners are getting 2 extra years pension payments.

[DaveO]

Re: The Budget 2012 : Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:59 pm  

Mintball wrote:

So - either clueless, utterly selfish or your balls haven't dropped yet.

I vote for all three.

Re: The Budget 2012 : Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:35 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

I don't know how I'm going to cope over the next year after all these disgraceful decisions that that nasty cretin Osbourne has made. He is bringing the country to its knees. ITS KNEES! The Labour chappy would have done a far better job.

I don't find it a laughing matter that they have taken away my only income and made me feel like a worthless, lazy scrounger. My mortgage company finds it even less so.

Re: The Budget 2012 : Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:36 am  

Seems like the Tory media does not like what Osbourne has put on the table, maybe most of their readers helped put them in power with the prompting of the editors.