Budgeting The Fun

Comrades,

Firstly, before I begin talking about the budget, something I'm sure will bore almost every reader into a coma, I must apologise for my awfulness at updating. This is to be the first post in nine days. Which is a bit rubbish, seeing as I pledged to post every day. I do have a small excuse in that my internet was broken for a few days, but really I just forgot and was lazy etc etc. Anyway, sorry and all that jazz; hopefully it won't happen again.

And so we meander slowly to my chosen topic for this post. Namely, the budget set out this week by Alistair Darling that supposedly includes a way of keeping public expenditure up, and thus public services functioning in a rudimentary way, and also getting rid of the debt the government has accumulated. The analysis conducted by various media sources has effectively concluded "We're in a lot of debt. And they've raised taxes."

Ah yes, the tax rise. 45p to 50p. And it's been called radical.

Radical my left foot.

Producing apoplectic proclamations of death and poverty for us all from the right wing media, including the Daily Fail's assertion that Labour was restarting the class war. Nice to see they're keeping things in perspective as usual. Several unconfirmed reports have also alleged that the HQ of the Daily Telegraph actually exploded in a vast fountain of middle class rage.

However, on an somewhat more serious note, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) thinks it will force the people who pay the extra five measly pennies out of the UK and off to somewhere the 'fiscal climate' is more to their liking. I don't know about you, but the reason I live in this country isn't purely to do with the level of taxes. It's because I was born here, have friends, family and a life here. Therefore, the notion that everyone who has been asked to contribute just a little bit more back to the society they preyed on to make their millions will up sticks and leave because they can afford five less penny sweets in the post office is just that little bit far fetched in my humble opinion.

I'm sure everyone will be thrilled to hear what I would have done to the tax rates, so I'll tell you. If you aren't thrilled, oh well. Maybe the next instalment will capture your attention more. I've entitled it "Fred's road to the revolution"...

Anyhoo, the way I see it, capitalism is in essence the unfair gain of others' labour-power by a minority. Therefore, people become rich by standing on other people's fingers, and it would be frankly immoral not to pay back your debt to wider society in the form of a slightly higher tax. If the rich can't stand the thought of parting with a few more of their swindled pounds then frankly, screw them. A fair and inclusive society needs everyone to pull their weight rather than anyone who can hire a decent lawyer avoiding making a contribution. Hell, maybe we should just ban lawyers...;). You get the point though.

I think that's enough for now, so I'll sign off. Au revoir until next time my fellow travellers.

Solidarity

RedFred

Just to apologise also for the weird font...I don't know how to change it back. Damn.