Reply to: Gordon Brown's 10 worst financial gaffes

[BrilloPad]

Oh God!

I'm almost (almost) beginning to feel sorry for him.

He is so inept. So awkard. So crap at everything. Wrecks everything he touches.

He's the boy you never chose when picking sides for football.

He's the boy who could never assemble his Airfix Lancaster Bomber kit.

He's the boy you didn't want tagging along with the gang when you were going to your secret den in the woods.

Poor old Gordon.

I'd quite like him if he wasn't such an arrogant, pig headed megalomaniac.

If he was an undertaker no-one would die.

[bobhope]

It's the old Churchill sayiing "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried."

[Cyberman]

ok so you pass the age criteria, but it's the five imbecile questions that will weed you out

I'm willing to that chance if you are !!

[EternalOptimist]

Pensioners pay tax, so I would still be a net taxpayer. Sorry to disillusion you !!

ok so you pass the age criteria, but it's the five imbecile questions that will weed you out

[Cyberman]

On the up side. Cybertwat is retired so he would not get to vote.

Pensioners pay tax, so I would still be a net taxpayer. Sorry to disillusion you !!

[The Lone Gunman]

Well, it's tempting.

I'm sure you have paid tons of tax into the treasury coffers, as have I, and seen very little for it.

However, democracy demands that each and every person should have a vote with the same weight, be they rich or poor.

That is still the best system in my opinion. If the poor have no vote, and no voice, the society that that would produce would be horrific.

On the up side. Cybertwat is retired so he would not get to vote.

[bogeyman]

What about only allowing those that are net tax-givers the vote ? Then the country would be run in order to keep taxpayers happy and thus governments would waste taxpayer's money at their peril.

Well, it's tempting.

I'm sure you have paid tons of tax into the treasury coffers, as have I, and seen very little for it.

However, democracy demands that each and every person should have a vote with the same weight, be they rich or poor.

That is still the best system in my opinion. If the poor have no vote, and no voice, the society that that would produce would be horrific.

[Cyberman]

Yep.

It's about time this democracy idea was thrown in the bin.

Actually, haven written that, I find my self 'toying' with it, and almost agreeing with it.

Fact: 95% (or thereabouts) of people are thick as pigtulip.

Fact: These pigtulip-thick people are allowed to vote.

Fact: The result of voting by pigtulip-thick people delivers the administration we endure today.

What do we do?



What about only allowing those that are net tax givers the vote ? Then the country would be run in order to keep taxpayers happy.


Well, I think we should still let the pigtulip-thick people vote, because the alternative is too horrific to contemplate.

What about only allowing those that are net tax-givers the vote ? Then the country would be run in order to keep taxpayers happy and thus governments would waste taxpayer's money at their peril.

[bogeyman]

That sounds a good idea.... it guarantees that the people that probably contribute most in their taxes would get the majority of the votes rather than the waster majority continuing to vote in the most generous benefit-givers.

Yep.

It's about time this democracy idea was thrown in the bin.

Actually, haven written that, I find my self 'toying' with it, and almost agreeing with it.

Fact: 95% (or thereabouts) of people are thick as pigtulip.

Fact: These pigtulip-thick people are allowed to vote.

Fact: The result of voting by pigtulip-thick people delivers the administration we endure today.

What do we do?

Well, I think we should still let the pigtulip-thick people vote, because the alternative is too horrific to contemplate.

[Cyberman]

Nah! I've got a better idea.

Ballot forms should be sold, like lottery tickets.

I suggest £50 each, or a book of 1000 for £42K.

This will keep the riff-raff vote down and allow proper people like Cyberman to cash in on all that is rightfully theirs.

Cock!

That sounds a good idea.... it guarantees that the people that probably contribute most in their taxes would get the majority of the votes rather than the waster majority continuing to vote in the most generous benefit-givers.

[bogeyman]

The really sad thing is that people have continued to vote for this destructive party despite widespread information available on the damage to pensions, economic health etc over the years. It just shows that democracy does not work in creating prosperity whenever Labour get voted in.

IMO there should be some sort of aptitude test before an election to determine whether a person is fit to vote.... perhaps five simple questions on a voting slip that even an imbecile can answer... if they fail then the vote is void.

Labour voters certainly have no right to complain about banks, pensions, immigration, wasteful public spending and the debt situation. They voted for it !!

Nah! I've got a better idea.

Ballot forms should be sold, like lottery tickets.

I suggest £50 each, or a book of 1000 for £42K.

This will keep the riff-raff vote down and allow proper people like Cyberman to cash in on all that is rightfully his.

Cock!

[Cyberman]

That was exactly my reaction when I drew up a similar list a little while ago. Funny at first, then realisation that many of his changes are so deeply embedded, and have done so much damage, that we'll be stuck with the effects for decades.

Take pensions. 12 years ago UK private and company pensions were solvent and the envy of most countries. Now look at them.

The really sad thing is that people have continued to vote for this destructive party despite widespread information available on the damage to pensions, economic health etc over the years. It just shows that democracy does not work in creating prosperity whenever Labour get voted in.

IMO there should be some sort of aptitude test before an election to determine whether a person is fit to vote.... perhaps five simple questions on a voting slip that even an imbecile can answer... if they fail then the vote is void.

Labour voters certainly have no right to complain about banks, pensions, immigration, wasteful public spending and the debt situation. They voted for it !!

[Doggy Styles]

I thought this would be funny but it's actually just depressing

That was exactly my reaction when I drew up a similar list a little while ago. Funny at first, then realisation that many of his changes are so deeply embedded, and have done so much damage, that we'll be stuck with the effects for decades.

Take pensions. 12 years ago UK private and company pensions were solvent and the envy of most countries. Now look at them.

[bogeyman]

That's what Guido refers to as the curse of the one-eyed son of the manse. He's got a knack of jinxing anything he touches.

It's Sarah I feel sorry for. She, no doubt, has to sooth his fevered brow. Listen to his rantings and ravings. Say the right thing and stand by her man.

Sounds like a Herculean task to me.

Poor woman.

[Bunk]

Oh God!

I'm almost (almost) beginning to feel sorry for him.

He is so inept. So awkard. So crap at everything. Wrecks everything he touches.

He's the boy you never chose when picking sides for football.

He's the boy who could never assemble his Airfix Lancaster Bomber kit.

He's the boy you didn't want tagging along with the gang when you were going to your secret den in the woods.

Poor old Gordon.

I'd quite like him if he wasn't such an arrogant, pig headed megalomaniac.

That's what Guido refers to as the curse of the one-eyed son of the manse. He's got a knack of jinxing anything he touches.