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ExKiwilass Jun 7th 2010 9:01 am

Re: The Western world keeps spending its way to disaster
 

Originally Posted by jimf (Post 8617836)
It must be desperate...........

Chancellor George Osborne will tomorrow launch a spending review heralding a 'once in a generation' reassessment of the role of the state.
The Treasury is looking to Canada - which successfully slashed its 9.1 per cent budget deficit to zero over three years in the 1990s - for inspiration.
Sources say Mr Osborne will follow Canada's example by creating a 'star chamber' of senior ministers and officials, to which each member of the Cabinet will have to justify spending plans.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0qCb8DdJp

Saw that.

Interesting times.


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