The other day I heard George Osbourne re-iterating (somewhere) the same claim from his budget speech;

"I regard tax evasion and – indeed – aggressive tax avoidance – as morally repugnant."

It made me instantly think "Welcome to our world George, as tax payers we've had to suffer years of tax wastage, which we find morally repugnant" !

Cedric:

I can see the headlines now 

"Courts overloaded with cases from tenants and neighbours complaining about antisocial antics from  drunken landlords"    Landlords would  get ASBO's and big fines quicker than you could say jumping jack flash 

20 reasons it should be George Osborne's last Budget day as Chancellor:

1. Delivered the first double-dip recession since the 1970s and a flat-lining economy which means this is now the slowest recovery for 100 years.
2. Presented an “omnishambles” Budget – and was forced into u-turn after u-turn on taxes on pasties, churches, charities, caravans and even skips.
3. Cut taxes for millionaires while asking millions of families on middle and low incomes to pay more – making a laughing stock of his “we are all in this together” slogan.
4. Saw youth unemployment hit 1 million for the first time.
5. Lost Britain’s AAA credit rating which he said was the number one test of his economic policy
6. Introduced the ‘granny tax’ on pensioners.
7. Hiked VAT up to 20% which sent inflation soaring, cost a family with children an average of £450 a year and helped to choked off the recovery.
8. Tried to set “strivers” against “shirkers” with cuts to tax credits and benefits, until it turned out that the majority of the people affected were in work and 200,000 more children would be pushed into poverty. 
9. Booed by thousands of people in the Olympics stadium at the Paralympics.
10. Accused of being a part-time Chancellor after going to Washington the week before the last Budget and going to the Opera on a weekday afternoon for 6 hours with the Education Secretary.
11. Broke his pledge to balance the books and get the national debt falling by the time of the next election – as the lack of growth and high unemployment saw over £200 billion more borrowing than he planned.
12. Had a raucous dinner at a ski resort the night before figures showed the economy was shrinking again.
13. Axed last year’s fuel duty rise 12 hours after Ed Balls called for it to be scrapped – but sent his most junior minister on to Newsnight to try and defend the sudden u-turn.
14. Claimed £949 off the taxpayer for a trip to Germany to watch the Champions League final.
15. Blamed the snow 24 times in one interview for the economy shrinking.
16. Withdrew false allegations he made about shadow chancellor Ed Balls and Libor fixing – but refused to apologise publicly even though Tory MPs urged him to do so.
17. Raised over £1 billion less than he promised from the 4G mobile spectrum auction leaving a black hole in his figures.
18. Announced scheme after scheme to get banks lending to businesses – all of which saw lending to businesses go down.
19. Got caught on a train sitting in first class with only a standard class ticket, but refused to move as his aide said told the inspector he “couldn't possibly" sit in standard class – what quickly became known as “The Great Train Snobbery.”
20. Stuck with an austerity plan that has seen the economy flatline, families worse off and the deficit rise – simply to avoid his own political humiliation.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/u…..ld-1773224