Pasties/Pies/Pensioners and Petrol

All this bashing about pies and 20% VAT.

Who cares, buy 'em cold and warm 'em in the Microwave - or do without

Better for your waistline.

What about the pensioners? No pensions, more tax on pensions, no interest on savings, tax on interest, endowments slashed so can't afford to pay off mortgage, fuel up again now you can't get it 'cos everyone's filled their tanks!

Wish I had an electric car but I can't afford it!

I just hope David and George have the secret of eternal youth otherwise they'll get old and poor.

Oh I forgot ex Prime Ministers get a salary for life!!

How's that?

George and Co do it again - the Budget

Lots to moan about, since when was any Budget Good News?

My point is about the Child Benefit, this time fair enough why give "rich" folk benefits? If you've over £50k coming in you should jolly well be able to afford kids. Some people have kids solely to get more benefit but that's another issue.

Promises - I hate broken promises, doesn't hat make them liars? (George and Dave?).

They promised they'd support Marriage and families by restoring some sort of Married Tax allowance. They would help Families with one earner. E.g. one doesn't work to look after the children (excellent idea better for the upbringing - see IDS). Where is it?

Now Child Benefit - did George not say "where one of the household earns more than £50k they'd take away Child Benefit"? How do they define the "household" - is it Married couples (gay or not), or just sharing a house, how do you prove it. What about where there are more than 2 earners in a Household? Sharing a house etc. etc. If they can define a "Household" for Child Benefit lets define Married Couples and give them a COMBINED Personal Allowance for whoever earns the most (if they want).

Come on George, Dave and Nick - honour your promise.

Mothers to lose £68 a week!

Oh dear here we go again - Save the Children are sticking up for "poor mothers".

Read this from the BBC, Single mothers with 3 children are struggling on their meagre income, thus,

"It's incredibly hard bringing up three kids on £370 a week - losing almost a fifth of that will push many families over the edge."

Sorry if I'm not sympathetic but £370 works out at over £19000 pa and that's CASH! If you earn just over £20k and then have to pay Tax, NI and Pension contributions you end up with about £15k. Now a working person on £20 would expect to be reasonably well off and may have 3 kids. Yet we fund these mothers with kids to tune of nearly half as much again and NOT working! Are we barmy?

This society apparently rewards single mums - have 3 plus kids and no need to work, how else can you net £19? They need their house (rents paid on top) and Council Tax paid no doubt. They can afford all the mod cons, mobile phones (the kids have one each) , broadband, computers (the kids have one each) Sky, wide screen flat TV, Microwave, cooker, washer, dishwasher, carpets curtains, decorating done, gardener to help, etc. etc, Kids go to nursery school so mum can shop/hob nob with friends. Sorry, Supermarket delivers on-line orders. What else?

All this on our Taxes (the working ones). No wonder Dave and George want to tax more not less.

Come on - this is sickening. Its actually worse than the Bankers Bonuses because these people are parasites. This is a real stab in the back for all decent hard working people. At least Bankers do actually "work" for their money. I know its not fair but its true.

All I can say is, if you've lost your job it is not fair. You should get benefits relative to your earnings - to start with, after all what is National Insurance for - insurance, when things go wrong you claim? Not benefits by right forever - just so you can maintain your standard of living - and WHAT living eh!

No Fly Holidays

I want to go on one of these "no fly holidays".

Don't you just hate it when you are bugged by flies?

SO if these holidays promise "no flies" great.

Record Fuel Prices

Petrol and Diesel at an all time high!!

Get used to it. The Government aren't going to give you anything. They can'f if they did, what 2 or 3p a litre maybe, then oil goes p 2/3/4p a litre. No gain.

Where do you think they get the money to fund the bankers? US!!

Finally, OIL IS RUNNING OUT! - Reality.

What do we do?

1. travel less.
2. Live nearer work.
3. get a more fuel efficient car.
4. ride a bike
5. get an Electric car

Think about this, when we all drive ELECTRIC cars, what will the Government do for Duty on Fuel that its NOT getting?

Be worried.

Child Benefit reoved for Higher Rate Tax payers

I wish. I wish I WAS a higher rate tax payer to have my Child benefit removed.

Too right I'm afraid.

Basically IF you want children then its up to you to decide if you can afford them NOT the state to subsidise you when you have them

Have you noticed all the dolers can have loads of kids at the drop of a hat! Why? Because kids-pounds!

Simples!

Day was when if you were poor the kids got by, no shoes, living on porridge, and wearing rags, but they were 'appy!

World is upside down now.