On Dec 11, 11:07*am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:41:50 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
* * * *Bruce writes:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:46:13 GMT, "Phil L"
wrote:

Tim W wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8406670.stm

[ "Captain" Darling short of 36 billion ]

And I thought my housekeeping was bad!

Anyone see the last episode of Spooks where the country is about to go
formally bankrupt and Roz saves the day by getting medieval on some
gangsta- banker's ass? Makes you wonder...

They could save 1.5 billion by taking the top layer of the RBS
investment banking arm outside and putting them on community service
for 2 years.
So unless we all pay this 36bn in taxes, he ain't gonna balance his books? -
unless he has another source of income we don't know about?

36,000,000,000, split between about 36m taxpayers, means we all owe the ****
a grand
That's in addition to the several grand each we already owe him for
rescuing the banks.
I think it's currently £171B, so that's about £5k each.

A frightening thought. *

Time for another coffee, this time with brandy. *;-)

If I pay the government my £5k cheque, will they let me off taxes in future?

You'll fall in the "able to pay" bracket and be charged at least
double.

MBQ