The BBC has a DIY budget-cutting simulator that YOU can use to reduce the British deficit below the targeted £75 billion.I notice that at the very top the Beeb includes an increase in VAT, so we know where they stand in the tax and spend equation, but I don't think they'll be too happy when visitors notice that the target can be easily met by a 30 percent cut in the dole and "Other" (i.e. quangos) spending.
In fact, abolish welfare for all except the truly needy, leave house building to the private sector, eliminate the State near-monopoly on education, and privatise health care and Britain ends up solidly in the black.
Who'd have thought?
Isn't BBC part of the government's budget?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, no. They're a corporation that, bizarrely, has the power to impose a tax on the public in the form of the television licence fee.
ReplyDeleteAh, this must be that incomprehensible British humor I hear so much about.
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