Comments on: A good budget? http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/ Our UK correspondents' insights Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:13:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: bozcannon http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1401 bozcannon Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:37:27 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1401 Nothing good comes from this hapless government. They are one disaster after the next ; nothing for families , nothing for the working man ; they waste billions on failed system installations , thousands of overpaid 'managers', and who has to cough up for the next round of waste ? .. yep , you guessed , me and you.. They borrow more and more , and it's not long before we are third world and broke... Nothing good comes from this hapless government.
They are one disaster after the next ; nothing for families , nothing for the working man ; they waste billions on failed system installations , thousands of overpaid ‘managers’, and who has to cough up for the next round of waste ? .. yep , you guessed , me and you.. They borrow more and more , and it’s not long before we are third world and broke…

]]> By: Mike Porter http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1399 Mike Porter Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:17:09 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1399 Why not just let Brussels prepare our budget, as we're handing almost everything else to them. Could they do any worse?? Mike P Why not just let Brussels prepare our budget, as we’re handing almost everything else to them.
Could they do any worse??

Mike P

]]> By: Richard Porrett http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1398 Richard Porrett Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:14:49 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1398 Charging for supermarket bags is just another Labour enforced price rise. Reusable bags are not hygenic and therefore not an option for anyone wishing to stay healthy and avoiding being a burden on the National Health. The increase in Alcohol will not have any effect on binge drinking as the youngsters go to the most expensive places to drink and are clearly not interested in saving money. Those that can not afford the increase will simply turn to crime in order to get it. Charging for supermarket bags is just another Labour enforced price rise. Reusable bags are not hygenic and therefore not an option for anyone wishing to stay healthy and avoiding being a burden on the National Health. The increase in Alcohol will not have any effect on binge drinking as the youngsters go to the most expensive places to drink and are clearly not interested in saving money. Those that can not afford the increase will simply turn to crime in order to get it.

]]> By: Mike T http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1389 Mike T Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:04:25 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1389 The budget was bad for me. I’m a taxpayer, so how could a Labour budget be anything but bad for me? The budget was a success for Darling. He got his hand a little bit deeper into everyone’s pockets and the organ grinder will be pleased with him. Things aren’t all bad, though. A little bit of mental arithmetic shows that the increases in Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit will go some way towards off-setting the increases in tax on alcohol and tobacco. The budget was bad for me. I’m a taxpayer, so how could a Labour budget be anything but bad for me?

The budget was a success for Darling. He got his hand a little bit deeper into everyone’s pockets and the organ grinder will be pleased with him.

Things aren’t all bad, though. A little bit of mental arithmetic shows that the increases in Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit will go some way towards off-setting the increases in tax on alcohol and tobacco.

]]> By: S Zackus http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1387 S Zackus Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:04:29 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/12/a-good-budget/#comment-1387 It's an absolute disgrace to increase the tax burden of the very lowest income group. The very same people who will suffer most from rising food and energy prices. Largely a legacy of 'Calamity Brown'. What do we pay these polititians for? It’s an absolute disgrace to increase the tax burden of the very lowest income group. The very same people who will suffer most from rising food and energy prices.

Largely a legacy of ‘Calamity Brown’.

What do we pay these polititians for?

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