The Budget!

[Ant]

Be Gordon Brown!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/uk/03/budget/byoc/html/byoc.stm

[GrahamB]

Jeez, this chancellor business is a piece of pi$$:D:D:D:D

[AshT_200]

Didn't do too badly :D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/budgetinteractive/veserv?Tax.abolishIncomeTax=don%27t+abolish&Tax.Rates%5B1%5D=10&Tax.Bands%5B1%5D=%A31%2C920&Tax.Bands%5B3%5D=all+other+income&Tax.CTCRestrictRate=10&Tax.CTC=%A30&Tax.SAgeLow=%A35%2C465&NI.InRates%5B1%5D=0&NI.NumNIRateBands=3&NI.InRates%5B2%5D=11&NI.InRates%5B3%5D=1&NI.Ceilings%5B1%5D=%A389&NI.Ceilings%5B2%5D=%A3585&NI.Ceilings%5B3%5D=all+other+income&NI.outRebate=1.6&NI.abolishNI=don%27t+abolish&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_books%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_clothes%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_clothes%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_food%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_fuel%5D=5&rs=no+change&Ben.MTBenMult=keep+unchanged&Ben.NMTBenMult=keep+unchanged&Ben.cb2=%A35.20&Ben.RentTaper=65&Ben.FCTaper=55&Ben.CouncilTaxTaper=20&Ben.WTCBasic=%A329.20&Ben.CTCChild=%A327.75&Ben.CTCIncome1=%A397&Ben.CTCIncome2=%A350%2C000&Ben.CTCWithdraw=37%25&model=ve&browser_caps=high_graphics&referer=news.bbc.co.uk&Tax.Rates%5B2%5D=40&Tax.Rates%5B3%5D=60&Tax.Bands%5B2%5D=%A320%2C000&Tax.SA=%A31%2C000&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_beer%5D=triple+it%21&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_wine%5D=triple+it%21&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_spirits%5D=triple+it%21&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_tobacco%5D=triple+it%21&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_petrol%5D=abolish+it%21&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_vatable%5D=double+it&Indir.VED=%A3300&health=halve+it&education=halve+it&law=halve+it&defence=halve+it&Ben.cb1=%A32&Ben.RetPen=%A350&Ben.CTCFamily=%A30&Run=%A0Run+Model%A0

[andyf]

Clicked a couple of boxes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/budgetinteractive/veserv?Tax.abolishIncomeTax=don%27t+abolish&Tax.Rates%5B1%5D=10&Tax.Bands%5B1%5D=%A31%2C920&Tax.Bands%5B3%5D=all+other+income&Tax.CTCRestrictRate=10&Tax.CTC=%A30&Tax.SAgeLow=%A35%2C465&NI.InRates%5B1%5D=0&NI.NumNIRateBands=3&NI.InRates%5B2%5D=11&NI.InRates%5B3%5D=1&NI.Ceilings%5B1%5D=%A389&NI.Ceilings%5B2%5D=%A3585&NI.Ceilings%5B3%5D=all+other+income&NI.outRebate=1.6&NI.abolishNI=don%27t+abolish&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_books%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_clothes%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_clothes%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_food%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_fuel%5D=5&rs=no+change&Ben.MTBenMult=keep+unchanged&Ben.NMTBenMult=keep+unchanged&Ben.cb2=%A35.20&Ben.RentTaper=65&Ben.FCTaper=55&Ben.CouncilTaxTaper=20&Ben.WTCBasic=%A329.20&Ben.CTCChild=%A327.75&Ben.CTCIncome1=%A397&Ben.CTCIncome2=%A350%2C000&Ben.CTCWithdraw=37%25&model=ve&browser_caps=high_graphics&referer=news.bbc.co.uk&Tax.Rates%5B2%5D=15&Tax.Rates%5B3%5D=38&Tax.Bands%5B2%5D=%A332%2C000&Tax.SA=%A35%2C000&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_beer%5D=increase+by+3p&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_wine%5D=increase+by+1+p&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_spirits%5D=no+change&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_tobacco%5D=increase+by+5p&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_petrol%5D=cut+by+10+p&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_vatable%5D=17.5&Indir.VED=%A3100&health=increase+by+5%25&education=increase+by+5%25&law=cut+by+2%25&defence=cut+by+10%25&Ben.cb1=%A310.55p&Ben.RetPen=%A375.50p&Ben.CTCFamily=%A310.45&Run=%A0Run+Model%A0

[Simon]

Apart from increased inflation and messing up exchange rates i think ive done the country well

Here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/budgetinteractive/veserv?Tax.abolishIncomeTax=don%27t+abolish&Tax.Rates%5B1%5D=10&Tax.Bands%5B1%5D=%A31%2C920&Tax.Bands%5B3%5D=all+other+income&Tax.CTCRestrictRate=10&Tax.CTC=%A30&Tax.SAgeLow=%A35%2C465&NI.InRates%5B1%5D=0&NI.NumNIRateBands=3&NI.InRates%5B2%5D=11&NI.InRates%5B3%5D=1&NI.Ceilings%5B1%5D=%A389&NI.Ceilings%5B2%5D=%A3585&NI.Ceilings%5B3%5D=all+other+income&NI.outRebate=1.6&NI.abolishNI=don%27t+abolish&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_books%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_clothes%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_clothes%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_food%5D=0&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_fuel%5D=5&rs=no+change&Ben.MTBenMult=keep+unchanged&Ben.NMTBenMult=keep+unchanged&Ben.cb2=%A35.20&Ben.RentTaper=65&Ben.FCTaper=55&Ben.CouncilTaxTaper=20&Ben.WTCBasic=%A329.20&Ben.CTCChild=%A327.75&Ben.CTCIncome1=%A397&Ben.CTCIncome2=%A350%2C000&Ben.CTCWithdraw=37%25&model=ve&browser_caps=high_graphics&referer=news.bbc.co.uk&Tax.Rates%5B2%5D=10&Tax.Rates%5B3%5D=40&Tax.Bands%5B2%5D=%A332%2C000&Tax.SA=%A36%2C000&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_beer%5D=abolish+it%21&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_wine%5D=abolish+it%21&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_spirits%5D=abolish+it%21&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_tobacco%5D=no+change&Indir.ExtraDuties%5Bexp_petrol%5D=abolish+it%21&Indir.VATRate%5Bexp_vatable%5D=15&Indir.VED=%A3100&health=keep+unchanged&education=keep+unchanged&law=keep+unchanged&defence=keep+unchanged&Ben.cb1=%A310.55p&Ben.RetPen=%A375.50p&Ben.CTCFamily=%A310.45&Run=%A0Run+Model%A0)

:D

[marty_t3]

No matter what i did i couldn't get "single pensioner" to be better off.

[marty_t3]

And how can it predict the next 5 years by only asking questions about one budget?? :confused: