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Am I the only one that thinks that the budget is good?!

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isitactuallybadthough · 26/11/2025 18:31

NC’d for obvious reasons.

I mean it seems that they’re trying to help the working class?

I am not on benefits. I’m also not lucky enough to live in a property worth over £2,000,000. But surely the worst off in society will be better off under this? With the energy bill cut and two child benefit scrap? Also books for libraries, national wage increases. I do understand people feeling frustrated at the pension/ISA parts, that will probably affect DH and I but overall I’m pleased as the worst off will be slightly less worse off?

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Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:32

AliceMaforethought · 26/11/2025 23:30

No. I just don't live in cloud cuckoo land. Reeves is not fit for purpose and should have been made to leave ages ago.

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She’s definitely not as bad as truss and that other guy.

AliceMaforethought · 26/11/2025 23:31

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:30

It was terribly long. I’d have to go back and critique it point by point. There were parts where i could see they were definitely wrong. Others i would have to argue the point. Tbh i can’t be bothered.

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Can't be bothered, or dont have a sufficient understanding to do so?

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:31

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:30

It was terribly long. I’d have to go back and critique it point by point. There were parts where i could see they were definitely wrong. Others i would have to argue the point. Tbh i can’t be bothered.

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Ps definitely not fact though :-)

AliceMaforethought · 26/11/2025 23:30

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:27

I don’t believe it is a wrong. I think you have been brainwashed to believe that.

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No. I just don't live in cloud cuckoo land. Reeves is not fit for purpose and should have been made to leave ages ago.

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:30

ToughTimes88 · 26/11/2025 23:28

No, it’s not. It’s fact

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It was terribly long. I’d have to go back and critique it point by point. There were parts where i could see they were definitely wrong. Others i would have to argue the point. Tbh i can’t be bothered.

ToughTimes88 · 26/11/2025 23:28

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 22:41

This text is ridiculous and wrong.

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No, it’s not. It’s fact

2Rebecca · 26/11/2025 23:28

There was nothing to encourage business or reduce unemployment. You need a job to get a minimum wage rise.

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:27

AliceMaforethought · 26/11/2025 23:25

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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I don’t believe it is a wrong. I think you have been brainwashed to believe that.

AliceMaforethought · 26/11/2025 23:25

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:24

More than blooming boris then????? You are having a laugh. Giving a wee bit of sustenance to a few children is comparable to what he and Dominic Cummings did. With billions to their friends for contracts in Covid that they didn’t even take seriously at the start. Until they realised the money that could be made.

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Two wrongs don't make a right.

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:24

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:21

lol….

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More than blooming boris then????? You are having a laugh. Giving a wee bit of sustenance to a few children is comparable to what he and Dominic Cummings did. With billions to their friends for contracts in Covid that they didn’t even take seriously at the start. Until they realised the money that could be made.

AliceMaforethought · 26/11/2025 23:23

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:21

lol….

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Lol all you want. I'm right and this will become abundantly clear over time. I bet they'll change it ASAP.

Staringintothevoid616 · 26/11/2025 23:22

It’s terrible. To lift children out of poverty it would have been better to invest the money into initiatives in schools to help kids out of the poverty cycle

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:21

AliceMaforethought · 26/11/2025 23:19

No, it's a total fucking disaster and it also is not sustainable.

lol….

AliceMaforethought · 26/11/2025 23:19

No, it's a total fucking disaster and it also is not sustainable.

Outside9 · 26/11/2025 23:18

YANBU.

Media has convinced the masses that giving crumbs to the poor is taking food off their plate.

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:17

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:15

Can you elaborate?

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You know like details? I mean the thing everyone has leaped onto is the lifting of the 2 child benefit cap. It’s really quite minor in great scheme of things and also will hopefully help some children. Is there something else? Am i missing something that is making you so angry?

Littlesnail · 26/11/2025 23:17

@ProcrastinatorsAnonymous Instead of waiting for a government to 'tax the shit' out of you, why not give that money to the teachers/nurses etc you feel deserve it. Redistribute that excess wealth you have and target it, where you think it should go. You are the only person stopping you from doing that - you don't need a government to make that decision for you.

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:15

Stardustnush · 26/11/2025 23:13

No. Am feeling rather angry. I am lucky enough to be ok...I also worked damn hard to be this lucky and made uncomfortable choices when needed. I feel this budget is making a mockery of all the people that did the same. There were other options to claw money and there were better options to spend it than lifting benefit caps. It is balanced in the sense that Robin Hood was balanced

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Can you elaborate?

Stardustnush · 26/11/2025 23:13

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 22:56

Are you feeling ok?? Where are these people having all these kids in order to deprive you of money. Are they taking over from the Syrians etc. coming in to take you jobs homes and money? Bogey men that do not exist. Inflame people to do things they should not do. I feel it was a good budget. I don’t benefit from it but i think it was balanced.

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No. Am feeling rather angry. I am lucky enough to be ok...I also worked damn hard to be this lucky and made uncomfortable choices when needed. I feel this budget is making a mockery of all the people that did the same. There were other options to claw money and there were better options to spend it than lifting benefit caps. It is balanced in the sense that Robin Hood was balanced

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:11

HereAreYourOptions · 26/11/2025 23:10

Labour. Used to be the party of the working class, now the party of the benefits class.

I don’t actually agree with that.

HereAreYourOptions · 26/11/2025 23:10

Labour. Used to be the party of the working class, now the party of the benefits class.

Clingfilm · 26/11/2025 23:09

Zanatdy · 26/11/2025 19:06

I’m pretty pleased as little impact. Like you, don’t
own a 2 million pound house or own an electric vehicle. Also can’t afford to throw spare cash into pension to dodge some extra tax.

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Same here. Yes we'll pay more tax as a family but I'd like to live in a fair country not a polarised rich/poor one and will do my bit.

Budgetusername · 26/11/2025 23:08

ProcrastinatorsAnonymous · 26/11/2025 23:00

I think it's a start. I'd like to see them go further. Only the Greens are really serious about taxing wealth rather than income from work, but this HAS to be the way forward. I say this as someone who is now paying VAT on school fees and will be hit by the mansion tax.

Perhaps I'm naive, but I've always assumed that if you're rich enough to do things like own £2m+ houses and pay to privately educate your kids, you thank your lucky stars and cast your vote in a way that benefits those who are struggling. I'm pretty outraged when I hear about people in my position voting in their own self interest when they are already so comfortable. Yet I know I will be biting my tongue at the school gates tomorrow, listening to wealthy parents moan about Labour. We're not so rich that we don't feel the impact of VAT on the fees etc - but I would vote for the redistribution of wealth and rebuilding of public services every single time.

We've earned every penny through hard work. No lottery win. Gifted nothing. No inheritance. No parental help. I was the first generation of my family to go to university. We are massive net contributors to the system and have been for years. I'm sure this sounds like a massive brag, but I'm laying it out to demonstrate that we tick every box that people on here point to when they try to defend their position on lower taxes.

In fact, all that's happened is we've been very lucky: our skills align with things the market values; we haven't been hit by illness or disability or anything else that has thrown us off track; we are just about old enough to have bought our first flat by squirrelling money away - something that became impossible only a few years later. We are bloody golden compared to younger generations coming through now. And when I think about what nurses and teachers and paramedics are doing at work, I can't really claim that what I do is "worth" more, however hard I've worked at it. So of course we should shoulder more. Please Labour - have the guts to tax the shit out of us - because the country is broken and it isn't fair.

this was a good budget. A start. There is so much inequality in this country. Removing 2 child benefit cap is a start. Those people saying OMG wasteful poor people will have more kids - they are ridiculous. The actual wastage in this country is the appalling corruption at the top. The ppe contracts to friends of the government etc. this was a good budget. And a start.

laughingnow · 26/11/2025 23:03

GentleOlive · 26/11/2025 20:23

Someone on another thread said that one of the reasons this country is in such a mess is because people who understand nothing about the economy get to vote. Your comment reminded me of that.

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True enough