Well, I'll say this for him. George Osborne certainly didn't hide his light under a bushel when he described the first Budget of the coalition government as being "tough". Whether it is fair remains to be seen, but it's certainly tough.
The pensioners come off best. Pensioners are always a tricky wicket for a new government, and Mr. Osborne knows it. The Conservative Party have learnt that even their beloved Mrs. Thatcher could make mistakes, and they have learnt that lesson in a very hard school. To link pensions to prices rather than earnings was a big mistake and smacked of the puritanical tripe Maggie learnt at her father's knee. Osborne is more realistic.
VAT has always been a Godsend to the Tories. It enables them to pass on tax increases to those who can least afford them while they themselves get off scot free. Besides this, it saves a lot of paperwork and bureaucracy and enables our Conservative masters to throw the canard of incompetence in the face of Labour, who depend upon bureaucracy as a means of supplying "jobs for the boys". Of course VAT will affect everyone, but, once more, Osborne didn't hide his light under a bushel.
Housing benefit and benefits for the disabled are being abused. And it's no good saying that there are only a few attempting to rig the system - walk into any pub in the land at any time of day, you'll find someone doing it. I receive DLA myself, but I, for one, don't mind being re-assessed in 2013 or whenever. I'd rather have it that way than be caught claiming money I haven't earned to which I have no right. And what's wrong with work, anyway?
George Osborne, the youngest Chancellor since the 19th century, shall, hopefully, bring some new young blood into government. After a decade of Brown the Clown, God alone knows Britain needs it. AND WE ALSO NEED TO WAKE OUR IDEAS UP!
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