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Originally Posted by haydnwalker
Me and a mate at work figured out, that if we half the amount of troops in Afghanistan (thereby saving lives...) and dropped public spending by 20%/year for 5 years they could just about pay off the deficit.
Afterall... WTF are we doing in Afghanistan anyway... not our war really. We were just bullied into going by the americans. how much does one round cost to fire from an SA80? Or an RPG from a launcher? Or even...how much does it cost to fly Close Air Support in a Tornado/Typhoon for 2 hours? ALOT I'm guessing, money that can be saved imho.
Increasing various taxes and costs just puts businesses out of work, thereby decreasing the amount of people paying tax and increasing the amount of people taking benefits
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You get off lightly Hom3r... My Audi costs me about £80 to fill up...its getting rediculous. And I'm spending £40/week on fuel as I have to use my car at work. I'm glad I get a mileage allowance really because I'd be skint if I didn't
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Well Afganistan is off topic, but if we weren't there they would be hear, proberly doing more 7/7.
Well I never have had the benefit of mileage allowance, other than the occational drive when the pool car was out.