Our Problem??

[smalldog]

IS it just me or is everyone else also getting really fed up with the whole, "we need to pay more tax and all do our part to get out of the recession".

Why the hell is it our problem that the government has overspent, why do we have to bail them out?

[EternalOptimist]

because they are our servants. If your servant spends too much at Harrods, it's you who has to pay the bill

[shaunbhoy]

IS it just me or is everyone else also getting really fed up with the whole, "we need to pay more tax and all do our part to get out of the recession".

Why the hell is it our problem that the government has overspent, why do we have to bail them out?

Its only "fair".

HTH

Gordon Brown

[smalldog]

because they are our servants. If your servant spends too much at Harrods, it's you who has to pay the bill

trouble is servants usually have rules on what they can spend and by how much....they dont get given a blank signed cheque book like these muppets have

[EternalOptimist]

trouble is servants usually have rules on what they can spend and by how much....they dont get given a blank signed cheque book like these muppets have

Thats as maybe, but you can get your servants to dress up in French maids outfits. I for one would be willing to forgive Brown a few of his tax rises if he would agree to dress up in a basque and fish nets for the Andrew Marr show in the run up to the election. He could launch his own collection - 'The sexy Stealth look'

[northernladuk]

IS it just me or is everyone else also getting really fed up with the whole, "we need to pay more tax and all do our part to get out of the recession".

Why the hell is it our problem that the government has overspent, why do we have to bail them out?

Am getting more fed up of people not undertanding the actual situation and using it as a quick but inaccurate bit of government bashing.

The government has overspent to get to help get us out or a global recession not of our making. What else could they do? Spend nothing and watch the banks and everything go bust around our ears?

Any government would have had to overspend, bearing in mind this spend was to keep a lot of people in jobs (effectiveness and stratgy arguable i guess) but it had to be done

Because spending had to be done, cut backs and paying more also has to be done.

We sit there moaning about paying more tax while sitting at a desk which quite likely has at least 5 luxury electronic items on or near it with money in a bank which quite possibly wouldn't have existed no if action hadn't been taken.

If you can't get to grips with the fact we are gonna have to pay a little bit more and suffer a couple of cut backs in the short term I would suggest you look at emigrating for a few years.

[BlasterBates]

No different anywhere else. In Switzerland they've cut tax allowances, and generally tightened up employment laws, forcing previous self-employed to become employees, and hence pay more tax and Swiss National Insurance. No escape from the tax pension thumbscrew.

[Scary]

The government has overspent to get to help get us out or a global recession not of our making. What else could they do? Spend nothing and watch the banks and everything go bust around our ears?

And have capitalism break out all around us? Heaven forfend! We should absolutely reward failure and those businesses that aren't good enough to make money should be paid for by the government, provided they're run by the right sort.

[northernladuk]

And have capitalism break out all around us? Heaven forfend! We should absolutely reward failure and those businesses that aren't good enough to make money should be paid for by the government, provided they're run by the right sort.

LOL ok ok there is that.

Was trying to keep in context with the original comments but not get in to the whole political debate about the current situation.

[Scary]

trouble is servants usually have rules on what they can spend and by how much....they dont get given a blank signed cheque book like these muppets have

In theory if you don't like it you can vote for someone else, and if you don't like the someone else you can stand yourself and if there are enough like-minded people you'll be in a position to do things differently. Of course in theory everything you can do in theory you can also do in practice. We got the government we voted for (if not the leader).