What? A country that is actually trying to do something about a budget deficit?


/THAT IS CRAZY!

Wont somebody think about the poor chavs?

Right on! Cut shiat during a recession! That will TOTALLY work!

FTFA:

"Mr. Osborne said Britain's welfare costs had risen over the last 10 years to £192 billion from £132 billion, an increase of 45 percent. "

I can see why the racist, xenophobic Brits are behind this. I'm sure many see this as disproportionally effecting the Muslim immigrant population...thus, they're OK with it.

\I've seen Children of Men
\\This is how it starts...shunning immigrants into poverty and shame

Cool, they're trying to stay afloat. Maybe they'll take 300m refugees when our economy destroys itself. Or maybe we'll control our spiraling debt problem too. Just kidding.

before anyone american clowns on the brits, let's remember that our solution was billion-dollar bailouts that ended up as bonuses for incompetent CEO's.

why can't we raise taxes in america?

jayg22: What? A country that is actually trying to do something about a budget deficit?


/THAT IS CRAZY!

Yeah but they're doing it by cutting welfare, and increasing the usage of VATS to 20%!

fakesanta: before anyone american clowns on the brits, let's remember that our solution was billion-dollar bailouts that ended up as bonuses for incompetent CEO's.

why can't we raise taxes in america?

Why cant we just stop spending retarded amounts of money we dont have?

And dont worry, Bush tax cuts are up next year, taxes are going up.

fakesanta: before anyone american clowns on the brits, let's remember that our solution was billion-dollar bailouts that ended up as bonuses for incompetent CEO's.

why can't we raise taxes in america?

Because all Americans want to be incompetent CEOs who want to take their money and run.

20%?!

how does their economy function at that rate? 9% in my state is bad enough

fakesanta: before anyone american clowns on the brits, let's remember that our solution was billion-dollar bailouts that ended up as bonuses for incompetent CEO's.

And we're done, folks.

jayg22: What? A country that is actually trying to do something about a budget deficit?


/THAT IS CRAZY!

Yeah, something except stopping the spending that got them in trouble, yes that that is crazy, agreed.

vuvuzelas?

"Yeesh"

dkernell: 20%?!

how does their economy function at that rate? 9% in my state is bad enough

Most countries have this kind of level. The US is the exception, not the rule.

"In most stores, the price tags and/or advertised prices do not include the taxes, and the taxes are added at the cash register before the customer pays."

I would hate that so much.

These people will no more power if we don't always owe.

When you max out on your credit card, why bother paying it off when you can just increase your limit? Thats definitely the answer.

Oh boy, another emergency! It's like a political grab bag!

BTW, when will there NOT be an emergency?

/A: Never.

Raising VAT, cutting benefits, raising pension age, freezing public sector pay and cutting tax for big companies.

Hello, Tories!

/we missed you.
//I'm lying. We didn't really.
///But thank you for my tax cut. Thank you for delaying it for almost a year. That's just too late for me to take advantage of the delay in VAT increase.

fakesanta: before anyone american clowns on the brits, let's remember that our solution was billion-dollar bailouts that ended up as bonuses for incompetent CEO's.

why can't we raise taxes in america?
They did a little bailing too.

We really should raise taxes, and we should increase social service spending as more people need them, not the other way around. Hell we should take all the out of work construction guys and get them updating our infastructure. The reason we can't has something to do with selfishness, fear, polling and democracy.

My son is bringing back a vuvuzela just so I can blow it at work when my lard-assed coworkers yell over the cubicles instead of getting up to talk...

"He said the government would make spending cuts totaling £17 billion, about $25 billion, more than had been planned by the former Labour government over the next five years. "


???? so the Labour government was planning on adding 8 Billion in extra spending? Is that how that reads? Or is the another way 17 billion in cuts can be 25 billion more then what someone else was going to do.

Barbigazi: wolvernova: Cool, they're trying to stay afloat. Maybe they'll take 300m refugees when our economy destroys itself. Or maybe we'll control our spiraling debt problem too. Just kidding.

Nah dude, Canadia. They weren't hit that hard at all.

Yes please come here... we need someone to feed the damn mosquitos.

What? Cut welfare?

OH SHIAT, NUCLEAR FLAME WAR EVERYONE TAKE COVER!!!

/digs a trench

Hatchet face Thatcher to the rescue.

Saw a great clip on her decline when she was probably even less popular than George "screw-up" Bush. Very funny.

Everything will be fine as long as they don't cut the budget for Doctor Who.

GolemGolem: fakesanta: before anyone american clowns on the brits, let's remember that our solution was billion-dollar bailouts that ended up as bonuses for incompetent CEO's.

why can't we raise taxes in america?
They did a little bailing too.

We really should raise taxes, and we should increase social service spending as more people need them, not the other way around. Hell we should take all the out of work construction guys and get them updating our infastructure. The reason we can't has something to do with selfishness, fear, polling and democracy.

WHERE MONEY COME FROM
WHER

/taxes will only go so far

Darklemming: When you max out on your credit card, why bother paying it off when you can just increase your limit? Thats definitely the answer.

Well, if you increase the limit, buy a suit and get a job that pays more so you can pay down your debt, yes, its a good answer.

Merkin For The Weekend: Everything will be fine as long as they don't cut the budget for Doctor Who.

THIS

kvinesknows: "He said the government would make spending cuts totaling £17 billion, about $25 billion, more than had been planned by the former Labour government over the next five years. "

???? so the Labour government was planning on adding 8 Billion in extra spending? Is that how that reads? Or is the another way 17 billion in cuts can be 25 billion more then what someone else was going to do.

kvinesknows: "He said the government would make spending cuts totaling £17 billion, about $25 billion, more than had been planned by the former Labour government over the next five years. "


???? so the Labour government was planning on adding 8 Billion in extra spending? Is that how that reads? Or is the another way 17 billion in cuts can be 25 billion more then what someone else was going to do.

17 billion is in POUNDS
25 billion is in DOLLARS

17 billion POUNDS = 25 billion DOLLARS

bglove25: Darklemming: When you max out on your credit card, why bother paying it off when you can just increase your limit? Thats definitely the answer.

Well, if you increase the limit, buy a suit and get a job that pays more so you can pay down your debt, yes, its a good answer.

I got a better idea, ill just let you (my fellow citizen) pick up the tab. Much easier than getting fitted for a suit.

/Dont want to get molested by a tailor

Foxie299: Raising VAT, cutting benefits, raising pension age, freezing public sector pay and cutting tax for big companies.

Hello, Tories!

/we missed you.
//I'm lying. We didn't really.
///But thank you for my tax cut. Thank you for delaying it for almost a year. That's just too late for me to take advantage of the delay in VAT increase.

What's the alternative? Keep spending like we do here in the good ol' US of A, and when the money runs out, borrow and spend some more! Yay!

/USA! USA!
//beat your ass in war, saved your ass in war
///now we're gonna beat your ass in the race to the bottom
////then bail you out again (you're welcome)

Redscum: dkernell: 20%?!

how does their economy function at that rate? 9% in my state is bad enough

Most countries have this kind of level. The US is the exception, not the rule.

"In most stores, the price tags and/or advertised prices do not include the taxes, and the taxes are added at the cash register before the customer pays."

I would hate that so much.

That's how it is here in the States. When I went to Spain, shopping was much easier because you saw what you paid on the price tag. No hidden taxes where you have to play guess-the-rate or anything stupid like that.

/much better system
//also makes the consumer feel slightly less raped

Redscum: dkernell: 20%?!

how does their economy function at that rate? 9% in my state is bad enough

Most countries have this kind of level. The US is the exception, not the rule.

"In most stores, the price tags and/or advertised prices do not include the taxes, and the taxes are added at the cash register before the customer pays."

I would hate that so much.

You prefer to have the taxes hidden away in the cost so you don't know how much the government is taking?

"Prosperity for all - that is our goal," he said.

YixilTesiphon: GolemGolem: fakesanta: before anyone american clowns on the brits, let's remember that our solution was billion-dollar bailouts that ended up as bonuses for incompetent CEO's.

why can't we raise taxes in america?
They did a little bailing too.

We really should raise taxes, and we should increase social service spending as more people need them, not the other way around. Hell we should take all the out of work construction guys and get them updating our infastructure. The reason we can't has something to do with selfishness, fear, polling and democracy.

WHERE MONEY COME FROM
WHER

/taxes will only go so far

Simple: from the magical money anus, from which we gleefully drink from when we dream. That explains all the millions of dollars you find under your pillow every morning.

Silly Tories. Don't you know that you can just print more money if you don't have enough? It's basic capitalism.

atlanta_ufo: "Prosperity for all - that is our goal," he said.

Wouldn't that mean cutting all social services then? Or is welfare now somehow prosperous?

My Baloney Has No First Name: Redscum: dkernell: 20%?!

how does their economy function at that rate? 9% in my state is bad enough

Most countries have this kind of level. The US is the exception, not the rule.

"In most stores, the price tags and/or advertised prices do not include the taxes, and the taxes are added at the cash register before the customer pays."

I would hate that so much.

You prefer to have the taxes hidden away in the cost so you don't know how much the government is taking?

I don't know if every person in the UK or some other country with a VAT knows exactly what the percentage is, but it doesn't mean that people don't know how much they are being taxed. Plenty of people here in the states either know how much they are paying in taxes on gasoline, smokes, or booze, or they don't care.

YixilTesiphon: GolemGolem: fakesanta: before anyone american clowns on the brits, let's remember that our solution was billion-dollar bailouts that ended up as bonuses for incompetent CEO's.

why can't we raise taxes in america?
They did a little bailing too.

We really should raise taxes, and we should increase social service spending as more people need them, not the other way around. Hell we should take all the out of work construction guys and get them updating our infastructure. The reason we can't has something to do with selfishness, fear, polling and democracy.

WHERE MONEY COME FROM
WHER

/taxes will only go so far

Our pockets, or we could sell the chinamen some Joint Strike Fighters for a couple bucks, or Predator drones for a whole new interstate system.

kvinesknows: atlanta_ufo: "Prosperity for all - that is our goal," he said.

Wouldn't that mean cutting all social services then? Or is welfare now somehow prosperous?

Yeah, I guess how he is defining Prosperity.

Darklemming
Why cant we just stop spending retarded amounts of money we dont have?

Dick Cheney said "Deficits don't matter.

Sneer (new window)

Queuebert: Foxie299: Raising VAT, cutting benefits, raising pension age, freezing public sector pay and cutting tax for big companies.

Hello, Tories!

/we missed you.
//I'm lying. We didn't really.
///But thank you for my tax cut. Thank you for delaying it for almost a year. That's just too late for me to take advantage of the delay in VAT increase.

What's the alternative? Keep spending like we do here in the good ol' US of A, and when the money runs out, borrow and spend some more! Yay!

/USA! USA!
//beat your ass in war, saved your ass in war
///now we're gonna beat your ass in the race to the bottom
////then bail you out again (you're welcome)

Maybe if your mum started paying tax on her income--

Hang on, wait, that was reflexive. Sorry about that.

How about taxing big companies and raising duty on things which I have a choice whether to buy or not, things like cigarettes and alcohol and foreign holidays. How about a tax on any television bigger than 24 inches? Or on second cars? How about cutting benefits for every child past the second (hey, we need to discourage population growth).

I got into serious debt problems in the early 2000s. I had bailiffs at the door on a regular basis. All those other bastards with huge TVs and six cars were taking four foreign holidays a year and I didn't see any of them coming around to help me. Now I'm back on my feet and they're falling over, I'm expected to help them? Fark 'em.

/you sound fat.