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Originally Posted by Seeker
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All too easily. Even if it is less than 0.5% of the national annual revenue, it's still a staggering sum and I agree a little more care would be appropriate.
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Originally Posted by SV650rules
The government writes off large sums all the time, they could not make ends meet on the average household budget. The government has no money, they only have what they extort by legal means out of the population, those eye watering sums mean nothing to them, and it is not only one party that does it, Liebore are more culpable than most for waste.
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A quick glance at Wikipedia tells me that since 1998 there've only been three years when the budgets balanced or forecast a (very small) surplus. Most years see a dramatic deficit (typically 5-10% of total expenditure), irrespective of 'colour' of government. Seems no-one is really bothered about balancing the books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget...United_Kingdom
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Originally Posted by Craig380
It's almost as if there IS a magic money tree. Odd that Sunak found it so soon after May declared that there wasn't one.
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Be careful of the breeze of inflation that's caused by waving the branches of that tree. It mght be turning into a gale!
