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Old 23-11-2017, 04:57 PM #33
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Originally Posted by bitontheslide View Post
It was not a bad budget in the sense that it was not filled with deferred, misleading stealth taxes familiar in Gordon Brown's day. It was not a bad budget in the sense that new money is being found for some areas, as distinct to labour counting the same money several times and implying greater help than was actually given. It was a better budget in that pension funds haven't been robbed, gold reserves haven't been sold off, crown property hasn't been sold. Telecoms companies haven't been forced to bankrupt themselves to compete in the market at the governments gain.

So yes, not a bad budget
I have to agree.
Not exactly a sack of Christmas presents but no major changes for the worse either.
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