I refuse to accept £235m is a 'trivially small amount of money'

I think it's misguided to bring proportion in to the argument when you're talking about something as big as the economy.

Posted By: King on August 11th 2010 at 10:33:06

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That c**t Gove really is turning ou to be the c**t of all c**ts (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:19:48
- you prob voted for the cunts (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Aug 11, 10:52:33
  - Really? If you think that, you really are as thick as folk say, aren't you? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 11:02:33
    - nerve well and truly touched (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Aug 11, 11:09:47
- The Conservatives £3.4bn lost in one afternoon (1992) (General Chat) - pants, Aug 11, 10:49:51
  - I thought it was £8bn. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:53:21
    - 9 (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Aug 11, 10:54:25
- All tis vvvv apart, he is a prize c**t isn't he. I mean, just look and listen to him! (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:38:00
  - agreed he is a bit int'ee (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:41:00
    - He has an ubber punchable face. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:42:31
      - He's known to Cameron & Osbourne as 'Oiky' Gove because he didn't go to Eton or Harrow. (General Chat) - jafski, Aug 11, 10:45:07
- Go on Govey, you know you want to Govey (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 11, 10:35:45
- Also to be fair. alot of these parks have sprung up and they get swamped by 13-17 yoots. (General Chat) - songwriter, Aug 11, 10:29:58
- lol tbf there is more important things to spend money on than some monkey bars (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:25:44
  - What, you mean like building new scho.... (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:30:05
    - AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGAH! BANG! BANG! FUCKTWAT! MASSIVE ALARM AUDIO NOISE! BANG! (General Chat) - tehwatch, Aug 11, 11:08:06
    - FAO: Tehwatch ^^^^^^^^^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Aug 11, 10:42:14
    - "The government claims the cuts are unavoidable because the welfare state has been too (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:39:10
      - Right then.... (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:43:56
        
        Thatcher did the same - (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:48:19
        
        after the war, GB lulled whilst Germany and Japan who were both bombed to dust (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 11:01:04
        
        How have we recovered? Germany, France and Italy still had large, exporting manufacturing (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 11:07:14
        
        thats part of the discussion (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 11:12:49
        
        Lull (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 11:17:14
        
        And the sane (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:51:33
        
        Indeed - you going to Trafalgar Square? Think there will be one nearer me in (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:54:13
        
        You'll like this then (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:56:35
        
        Agreed with Trident. Who, exactly are we deterring with it? (General Chat) - megson, Aug 11, 10:46:23
        
        agree in part, but at the same time it was nooks that prevented the cold war (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:50:15
        
        Partly agree, but that's done, gone, and won't be back. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 11, 11:02:21
        
        It was the Nukes that started the whole thing! (n/m) (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:52:55
        
        Yes, this ^^^ and who had the first one and started it all? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:55:22
        
        Sweden? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 11:02:08
        
        Those bloody belgians..... (n/m) (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:56:56
      - and? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:40:52
        
        and therefore TB is a fool if he believes that statement (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:42:32
    - Blimey Roma, you've done it now:-( I like Ben but he is definitely t a (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:34:24
      - STANNND UPPPPP ALL VICTIMS OF OPPRESSION.... (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:38:21
  - Yes but every one has their own definition of importance. The point is, (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:30:00
    - £235m is not trivial when you think of all the job losses in the gov sector (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:35:49
    - I refuse to accept £235m is a 'trivially small amount of money' (General Chat) - King, Aug 11, 10:33:06
      - I don't (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:35:33
      - how big is the economy? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Aug 11, 10:34:55
        
        About (General Chat) - romayellow, Aug 11, 10:44:32
        
        just a little bit smaller than Akinfenwa (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 10:38:22
        
        fair old size then (General Chat) - Tomblander, Aug 11, 10:41:31
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:40:16
        
        Much, much smaller than it was or will ever be again. The welfare budget, well (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:36:35
  - exactly... (General Chat) - Tomblander, Aug 11, 10:29:55
  - It's spending money on madcap social schemes like playgrounds (General Chat) - APB, Aug 11, 10:28:49
    - (irony) (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Aug 11, 10:33:55
      - I know ;-) (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:37:07
    - Madcap schmes like helping people become pregnant funded by the NHS (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:32:08
      - and what's wrong with funding IVF on the NHS? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 10:37:11
        
        Why though. If you can't get pregnant, you can't get pregnant. It's not a human right. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:39:12
        
        oh we could get pregnant alright (and fortunately Mrs Scrampton was pregnant when we went (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 10:44:00
        
        Not being able to walk has a seriously detrimental effact on your (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:57:20
        
        ideot (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 11:00:20
        
        How so? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 11:14:05
      - How is fertility treatment madcap? (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 11, 10:36:10
        
        Because ther are a vast number of spare, unwanted children and babies. Supply (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 11, 10:39:56
        
        stop trolling. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 10:44:41
      - i'd like to apply for both those jobs please (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Aug 11, 10:33:44
    - nah lets just set up some sweatshops (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 11, 10:30:46

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