So enough about me, its time to start hitting the news.
And its BUDGET day in the UK. Where we get to see how the UK/English government spend thier money and where does it come from.
So here are some figures (from the HM Treasury 2011).
The UK Government has budgeted to receive 589 BILLION (according to the Budget Responsibility), Where does that come from?
Well mostly us ,the person who pays income tax and national insurance, council tax and VAT (388 Billion or 66%)
Businesses through corp tax, excise and business rates pay 119 Billion (20%)
Leaves 14% from "other" or 85 Billion from taxation not mentioned, or sales of airwaves, drilling rights and so on.
We are spending 710 Billion. A deficit of 121 Billion POUNDS!
We spend 50 Billion (10 million more than we do on defence) on repaying the INTEREST alone!
That is crazy! If your household income was run like this there would be people knocking on your door offering their services to break your knee caps!
We need to stop overspending. But how? Without massive cuts to our public sector?
UK Spends 86 Billion on Education - 12.1 Million children/adults are in Education
so simple maths states
86,000,000,000 spent on 12,100,000 is equal to £7,107.44 per student.
An excellent private school in Scotland costs between 6,000 - 10,000 per year. Universities are looking to charge £6,000 per year in England. Yet we are spending roughly the same yet would you rather your child goes to a private school with 15 in a class or your local comprehensive with 30.
The problem is Red Tape, bureaucracy, jobs for people who really only have jobs because someone thinks they should be there and collective bargaining.
We need to look at our public sector. State the obvious, we are not complaining about nurses, teachers, police officers, we are talking back room managers. The "we need a meeting to talk about the results of this meeting", "Lets spend millions on a new logo", "Lets spend thousands telling the public things they already know!"
Government should be run in the same way as business. Find the good staff, reward them and you will be rewarded too. But this is a major change in thinking at a local and national level.
But it is a change that needs to happen. We can not keep having 50 Billion on interest payments over our heads for ever.
Final thought about budgets and balances - The Scotland Bill allows the Scottish Government to take loans to spend on "capital" jobs. This should NEVER happen. We need to run government in the same way as you run your home budget, if you want something then SAVE up for it. Its cheaper, its profitable and ITS MY MONEY don't pay banks/who every buys debt interest!
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Friday, 18 March 2011
Introduction
Election fever has started. Its again a contest of what Scotland can do, and what Scotland can not do.
I am not going to sit here and preach this is a fair blog. I am a nationalist, I support a free and independent state of Scotland I have spent nearly 40 years of my life living all over the wonderful country. I have had many offers to move, but I just wouldn't want to leave friends and family and this great nation, I have been to every European country, many others world wide. I've seen their good and their bad and I've seen this countries good and its bad, as well as the UK's good and its bad.
So let me set up who I am, and we'll talk later about what I will talk about later.
I support a free state of Scotland within a new Federal Europe.
This normally gets my english friends noses out of joint straight away. "You don't want to be ruled from London, but you happy to ruled from Brussels?". No! I'm not.
The present Westminster setup is dated and I feel sorry for my English friends who have been forced to take a government to pass laws supported by MPs from Scotland, of which those laws will not have any effect upon them or their constituents. Any one will tell you this is a dreadful way to be governed.
The present European Union is a mess. We have a parliament who has little or no powers, we have a commission filled with bureaucrats. We have a nothing but a big waste of time and money.
These all need to change.
However their defense to a Scotland independent of the UK is that together we are stronger. Yet imagine how "stronger" we would be if we were the United States of Europe?
I am a Nationalist not a racists.
This is not something new to Scot Nationalist, but unfortunately there are other "nationalists" that think being a nationalists means no to immigration, no to other people of different ethnic backgrounds, no to other religions or any other thought but theirs. Scottish Nationalists is not like that all at.
We love our country and we love our Scots. One of the things I am very proud of is our kings were not the Kings of Scotland but the Kings of Scots. Everyone in Scotland is equal.
I traced my family tree some years ago. My mother in laws family I could trace back 300 years, My mothers family I could trace back even further. But my fathers, and fathers in law stopped in Scotland in the 1850's. Very likely on religious grounds. But I have a name which is very likely an Irish name, so I am a immigrant. Where do people draw the line? Grandfather? Father? or just want to be in Scotland.
I like the latter. Be in Scotland, want to be Scottish then your Scottish.
I lean to the Right on the Economy .
I am a director of a company I started over 4 years ago. I love the freedom that gives me. I don't make much, times are tight, but I would like to see less taxation, less bureaucracy and better return for my taxes that I do pay.
I am very much in favor of the NHS, allowances for those that can't work, help those that don't and free education for students. But I see so much wastage in Government, at local, national and European level.
I think rich should pay more, but I also understand that they make their money by not wasting it and they see their money just washed away. We need to show the rich that their money is helping those that NEED help, not giving some suit a 200k job.
So this is my platform, I support my Party. I agree with 90% of their policy, those 10 I disagree with I know I'm the minority and hence I support the majority, cause all in all, who knows who is right and who is wrong.
I am not going to sit here and preach this is a fair blog. I am a nationalist, I support a free and independent state of Scotland I have spent nearly 40 years of my life living all over the wonderful country. I have had many offers to move, but I just wouldn't want to leave friends and family and this great nation, I have been to every European country, many others world wide. I've seen their good and their bad and I've seen this countries good and its bad, as well as the UK's good and its bad.
So let me set up who I am, and we'll talk later about what I will talk about later.
I support a free state of Scotland within a new Federal Europe.
This normally gets my english friends noses out of joint straight away. "You don't want to be ruled from London, but you happy to ruled from Brussels?". No! I'm not.
The present Westminster setup is dated and I feel sorry for my English friends who have been forced to take a government to pass laws supported by MPs from Scotland, of which those laws will not have any effect upon them or their constituents. Any one will tell you this is a dreadful way to be governed.
The present European Union is a mess. We have a parliament who has little or no powers, we have a commission filled with bureaucrats. We have a nothing but a big waste of time and money.
These all need to change.
However their defense to a Scotland independent of the UK is that together we are stronger. Yet imagine how "stronger" we would be if we were the United States of Europe?
I am a Nationalist not a racists.
This is not something new to Scot Nationalist, but unfortunately there are other "nationalists" that think being a nationalists means no to immigration, no to other people of different ethnic backgrounds, no to other religions or any other thought but theirs. Scottish Nationalists is not like that all at.
We love our country and we love our Scots. One of the things I am very proud of is our kings were not the Kings of Scotland but the Kings of Scots. Everyone in Scotland is equal.
I traced my family tree some years ago. My mother in laws family I could trace back 300 years, My mothers family I could trace back even further. But my fathers, and fathers in law stopped in Scotland in the 1850's. Very likely on religious grounds. But I have a name which is very likely an Irish name, so I am a immigrant. Where do people draw the line? Grandfather? Father? or just want to be in Scotland.
I like the latter. Be in Scotland, want to be Scottish then your Scottish.
I lean to the Right on the Economy .
I am a director of a company I started over 4 years ago. I love the freedom that gives me. I don't make much, times are tight, but I would like to see less taxation, less bureaucracy and better return for my taxes that I do pay.
I am very much in favor of the NHS, allowances for those that can't work, help those that don't and free education for students. But I see so much wastage in Government, at local, national and European level.
I think rich should pay more, but I also understand that they make their money by not wasting it and they see their money just washed away. We need to show the rich that their money is helping those that NEED help, not giving some suit a 200k job.
So this is my platform, I support my Party. I agree with 90% of their policy, those 10 I disagree with I know I'm the minority and hence I support the majority, cause all in all, who knows who is right and who is wrong.
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