As long as it’s made just as clear how reluctantly they all took their “gifts”, how reluctantly they chose to freeze thousands of pensioners, how reluctantly Ricky Jones wanted peoples thoats cut and how reluctantly Mike Amesbury beat a member of public up, it should all be good
From the left’s bible:
Thats taxation, the very thing you’re shouting against 
I complain about ALL politicians.
Have you been drinking?
To some degree we didn’t - the £22bn hole for example included spending commitments that even the OBR were unaware of and hence why they are publishing a refreshed take on the last budget’s impact tomorrow ahead of the budget itself. Even if you remove the public pay settlements from that, it still leaves an unexpected shortfall of around £12-14bn.
What was better known were the charades being played by the previous chancellor to make it look like future spending would fall or government income rise by more than it is likely to, so it could justify its tax cuts ahead of an election.
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Still not a solution.
Wait, you expect a random bloke on a football internet forum to provide a solution when 650 highly paid polititions can’t?
Cuckoo
Why not? You’re moaning like crazy about the situation. Lets have a hypothetical solution so we can all see what you believe.
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This latest discussion is about the tax rises in tomorrows budget.
Where in this discussion have I moaned like crazy about it?
Stop making things up to point score
This one?
Mum-of-two Hannah Clarke from Rutland in the East Midlands was juggling two part-time jobs but recently started studying full-time for a midwifery degree. She also works six to eight hours a week as a beauty technician.
She takes home about £1,800 a month, mostly via a student loan which she doesn’t pay tax on. She says this just about covers her mortgage payments - which went up by a third earlier this year - bills and fuel.
“I just about make ends meet, but it isn’t easy and I do sometimes have to ask for help,” she says.
She is bringing up two kids on her own (possibly with some maintenance payments - it doesn’t elaborate on her circumstances).
She is studying, at her own expense, to qualify as an essential worker.
Now her life choices (2 children and training to become an essential worker) are both contributing to the future welfare of the country. The only thing that she is suggesting may cost you more tax is the free school meals. That costs around £2.65. For the two kids that’s about £1,000 per year, presumably until she qualifies.
If that’s all it costs to get a qualified midwife I’d call it an absolute bargain.
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No point scoring other than asking you straight up what you would do differently or otherwise to the government you clearly oppose and are trying inform us a of how useless they are.
Being honest,the way i see it, you’re completely entitled not to like this government (i am undecided) but i think its only fair that you tell us what policies you do like or support.
What in your opinion are the fiscal policies that would make this government, any government less useless given the huge budget deficit?
Go.
From where I am sitting, that’s exactly what needs to happen when the UK compares so favourably against other wealthy nations. Especially knowing the dire financial situation the country was left in by the previous governments.
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My word. You think the income tax she pays (if any) and or NI pays the cost of her children’s education? No mention in the article of her child benefit btw. She might be fending for herself but the state is making a massive contribution funded by other people. IE, me.
I propose a username change: KlopptiMEst
The socialism I believe in is everyone working for eachother, everyone having a share of the rewards. It’s the way I see football. The way I see life.
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I’m not shouting. Governments literally function on tax. If a country needs X money to run then X over the number of reasonably fit working age people is the tax rate. We all pay in. We could go a step further and we all pay for what we actually use. I’d be VERy happy with that. But not a particularly socialistic policy.
I’m reminded of the quote about not playing chess with a pigeon, because it will just knock the pieces over and shit all over the board, and wondering why I bother getting into arguments with you.
Limp Wristed is a derogatory term for gay men. It’s homophobia. If you are fine for your comments to be homophobic, you crack on.
Maybe if you want to use a homophobic slur in the future you should start with ‘I’m not homophobic but…’ That way everyone will know you aren’t homophobic.
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Says the manager of a club originally setup as a business. What an awkward truth.
People can also get limp wrists from being massive wankers
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What that actually fuck are you on about? The conversation is about the budget and what Labour are meant to do about the state of the economy.
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You would be entitled to the same benefits in her position.
She is training to be a midwife. They earn something between £30 - £40,000 per year. In a couple of year’s time, when she qualifies, she will be paying a fair chunk of tax. Presumably, a fair bit more than before she qualified. It’s a pretty reasonable investment.
However, she is also training to be a midwife. There is a huge shortage of them at the moment. These are essential workers. You have a daughter, and presumably she will want to have children of her own some day. By training up a midwife now, your tax money is protecting the future health of your daughter and any future grandchildren that you may have. Do you regard that as worthwhile or would you rather just have a big flat screen telly now?
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