Budget Time..
Darling is in the process of fucking this country over (even more than Brown did)...

Where would you make savings and how?

Personally, I'd scrap duty on beer, wine, fags and petrol and instead, I'd cancel the state pension.

Give it a generation or two and we'll have drunk or smoked ourselves to an early grave, we've had a whale of a time in the process and the books will balance.

I see absolutely no flaw with this plan whatsoever.

So, what would you do?

Mullered.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:26, 9 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

I'd up the duty on petrol and cigarettes
as I don't drive and am going to be quitting smoking again soon. I'd also up the duty on cheap as nasty wine as there's just no need for it.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:27, Reply)

I'd move to Sweden.
Hang on, I'm doing that anyway...
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:29, Reply)

600% Tax Hike
on "Hello", "Chat", "OK" and "Nuts" magazines.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:46, Reply)

Legalise Euthanasia
And have it sponsored. With tax allowances for those left behind.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:47, Reply)

Call an election
Oh, and stand for office.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:49, Reply)

IQ-based inheritance tax
Reduce the number of idiots with powerful financial clout and influence by applying inheritance tax on a sliding scale.

You could allow people to keep the same inheritance as the number of IQ points they have over 100. i.e. less than 100 and they keep nothing. IQ of 140 and they keep 40%.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:53, Reply)

Here's what I'd do
Massively hike the taxes on 4x4s that aren't needed for their offroad capabilities.
Stop paying benefits to non-working families if they consistently scrounge off the system. And take their massive LCD tvs.
Cap at a reasonable level the wages that council/parliament members get, and either get rid of or severely slash their 'allowances'.
Have all ticket touts set upon by rabid honey badgers, because the cunts bought all the NIN tickets within minutes, and have put them up on eBay for 2-3 times the face value.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:55, Reply)

Right then
Not just financial improvements, but here's how I think the country could be improved (may contain elements of facetiousness)

1 - Slash the number of students going to university, such that only academic types go there, and the rest go and find useful jobs in the trades and so on.

2 - Clamp down on those bloody 'compensation for falling over in the street' insurance companies, which would then reduce premiums for the ordinary mortal, giving us more money and thus increasing consumer spending.

3 - Tax obese people heavily so they can't afford so much food.

4 - Make the driving test much harder, and have compulsory retests every five years to get the fuckwits* off the roads and make life better for the rest of the population. Removal of enough of the said fuckwits will reduce carbon dioxide emissions too, if you worry about that sort of thing. Oh and you can have more public transport too.

*People who drive excessively fast or slowly for the conditions, who overtake on blind bends/humps, people who wear hats when driving, drivers of cars with boy-racer add ons (lowered suspension, ridiculous alloys and aftermarket blacked out windows for example) and anyone who thinks driving a Nissan Micra is a good idea, to name but a few.

/rant
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 14:03, Reply)

New Labour
It's a bit like Thatcherism, except they'll hike taxes as well as allowing the utility and transport companies the public used to own to hike their charges too.

How about forcing transport and utility companies to reduce their charges by 20% across the board? It'll please everyone except shareholders, which is an acceptable price to me.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 22 Apr 2009, 14:28, Reply)