Sunak is a ****

[Whorty]

<snip> just want to tax the tulip out of people

Oh the irony!

[d000hg]

Are taxpayers better off without that cost that is so obviously modest when compared to another shutdown?

Good golly it's like he's stupid on purpose. You say "he didn't say we shouldn't spend it" and AtW argues against the point anyway. Maybe it's tricky when English isn't your native language.

Maybe Lewis Hamilton can pay for it all.

[AtW]

Chancellor identifies a massive cost to the taxpayer shock. It may be expensive but its necessary but we still need to pay for it.

Are taxpayers better off without that cost that is so obviously modest when compared to another shutdown?

Why talk about tax rises or spending cuts, is that to discourage vaccination that is essential?

Getting as many people vaccinated as possible is the best use of taxpayer money

[ladymuck]

People are behaving like they've found the Labour money tree and are spending with wild abandon. I don't think for a moment Dishy was saying not to do those things but pointing out that those things have a cost and it has to be paid for at some point.

[vetran]

Chancellor identifies a massive cost to the taxpayer shock. It may be expensive but its necessary but we still need to pay for it.

[AtW]

Did someone die in here?

[BR14]

so what?, so are you.

[AtW]

"Sunak warns over multibillion cost of booster programme

Exclusive: Chancellor said to not have opposed jab regime but warned of spending cuts or tax rises to pay for it

Rishi Sunak has issued a stark warning to Department of Health officials over the multibillion-pound cost of regular booster rollouts, the Guardian has learned.

Sources said the chancellor raised the point in several Covid meetings that a mooted three-month booster regime – more frequent than originally anticipated – could begin to impact on future spending.

A Whitehall source from outside the Treasury said Sunak had not opposed the measure but warned prices were likely to rise and that the cost to the exchequer should not be underestimated. They said the additional cost would need to be paid for in either spending cuts or tax rises.

“He made the point, rightly, that people would feel the effects of that spending in NHS and household budgets. These doses do not grow on trees,” the source said.

“Worst case scenario, if a new variant comes along or if Omicron doesn’t burn out, if we have to do this for years to come, that’s billions in costs that has not been foreseen which has to be paid for.”

The increase in national insurance, earmarked for NHS waiting lists but eventually aimed to help tackle the increased costs of social care, is expected to bring in £12bn a year which the Treasury could raid for additional cash for jabs."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ster-programme

And how much closure of the economy will cost? Or long term NHS costs for long Covid? What a piece of penny pinching tulip - just want to tax the tulip out of people