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As a well-off middle aged person, I am expecting nothing.
It's like Xmas day all over again. You just sit there trying to look happy with a pair of sh1te 'novelty' socks while all the kids etc open their top presents
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Oasis Budget day on 10:16 - Oct 30 with 2609 views
Or a day of reckoning for decades of tax cut ideology* while allowing everything to get more expensive and still wanting some semblence of public services.
* I appreciate that may not match the reality, unless you run a large international business.
Or a day of reckoning for decades of tax cut ideology* while allowing everything to get more expensive and still wanting some semblence of public services.
* I appreciate that may not match the reality, unless you run a large international business.
Disagree.
They could raise tax by £300bn and it would still be frittered down the drain on inefficiency. Under the Tories this went to their mates under labour it will go to unions and a broken NHS.
Investment means making profit. None of this budget will generate returns.
The day I find out just how much more expensive my commute to work is going to get (whether via road pricing or fuel duty increases), and assuming I can still afford to get there, how many more of my hard-earned golden nuggets will be appropriated by the state to be pi$$ed up the wall, likewise my meagre pension contributions.
But hey I'm sure I will feel it was all worth it when my next trip to A&E only takes 4 hours instead of 6.
Oasis Budget day on 11:00 - Oct 30 by baxterbasics
The day I find out just how much more expensive my commute to work is going to get (whether via road pricing or fuel duty increases), and assuming I can still afford to get there, how many more of my hard-earned golden nuggets will be appropriated by the state to be pi$$ed up the wall, likewise my meagre pension contributions.
But hey I'm sure I will feel it was all worth it when my next trip to A&E only takes 4 hours instead of 6.
Agree.
The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe and has the budget of a medium sized country's GDP.
To think some modest tax increases on top of the already enormous tax burden will improve outcomes in any way whatsoever is so naive it's laughable.
They could raise tax by £300bn and it would still be frittered down the drain on inefficiency. Under the Tories this went to their mates under labour it will go to unions and a broken NHS.
Investment means making profit. None of this budget will generate returns.
So, what would you do?
Surely better to invest in the NHS and try and improve it or other things like Education or the Fire Service rather than lining the pockets of friends and mates?
Ade Akinbiyi couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo...
They could raise tax by £300bn and it would still be frittered down the drain on inefficiency. Under the Tories this went to their mates under labour it will go to unions and a broken NHS.
Investment means making profit. None of this budget will generate returns.
You're likely right in that this will be at best patching holes rather than improving standards.
By 'to the unions', do you mean pay rises for public sector and low-paid workers? That might provide some return if they're then able to spend a bit more money (rather than every spare penny going to foreign-owned utility companies).
Surely better to invest in the NHS and try and improve it or other things like Education or the Fire Service rather than lining the pockets of friends and mates?
Break it and re-invent. Someone will have to at some point.
Oasis Budget day on 11:00 - Oct 30 by baxterbasics
The day I find out just how much more expensive my commute to work is going to get (whether via road pricing or fuel duty increases), and assuming I can still afford to get there, how many more of my hard-earned golden nuggets will be appropriated by the state to be pi$$ed up the wall, likewise my meagre pension contributions.
But hey I'm sure I will feel it was all worth it when my next trip to A&E only takes 4 hours instead of 6.
Why is there the assumption that if road pricing is going to replace vehicle tax and fuel duty (the latter already an effective mileage levy), it will be considerably more expensive?
Why is there the assumption that if road pricing is going to replace vehicle tax and fuel duty (the latter already an effective mileage levy), it will be considerably more expensive?
Just seems inevitable.
But hey I'll be glad to hold my hands up if proven otherwise.
Oasis Budget day on 11:18 - Oct 30 by baxterbasics
Just seems inevitable.
But hey I'll be glad to hold my hands up if proven otherwise.
something has to change, electric car owners are not paying fuel duty and as these inevitably and necessarily become more common, you have to fill the road funding gap somehow.
that's either higher road tax which is blunt and unfair on occasional users or bring on more of a mileage based payment similar to the tolls so common elsewhere
Oasis Budget day on 11:18 - Oct 30 by baxterbasics
Just seems inevitable.
But hey I'll be glad to hold my hands up if proven otherwise.
I mean I'm not sure they or their successors will be able to resist the temptation to push it up a bit. But it does decouple the revenue stream from the need for people to buy motor fuel at a time of increasing electric vehicle useage. Which may make it a bit better for those of us not yet in a place to transition.
something has to change, electric car owners are not paying fuel duty and as these inevitably and necessarily become more common, you have to fill the road funding gap somehow.
that's either higher road tax which is blunt and unfair on occasional users or bring on more of a mileage based payment similar to the tolls so common elsewhere
Hey if more of the burden is shifted to electric users and away from those of us who can only afford a 15yr old Diesel, then happy days. I shall personally publish an open letter of thanks and appreciation to Rachel Reeves*.
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