While the government could have done better
I don't envy the Chancellor his job today. Although it would be amusing if he were to stand up and deliver a speech totally unlike anything he's expected to:

"Due to the greed of the human race getting us into this shit, I think the best way out of it would be to get you all to pay. So I am putting up income tax by 15p in the £, effective immediately".

I wouldn't actually like that, personally, as I'd have a lot less money to spend, but as far as the country's concerned it would probably work quite well.

And you could only get off with that sort of thing as a dictatorship. In a democracy, the politicians are too busy pandering to the electorate to do anything radical, as it would amount to political suicide.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 8:56, Reply)