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Re:The utter futility of scratch card games online with the ... by gaius on Thursday February 03, 2011 @11:12AM (#2175239)
The UK post-Thatcher doesn't have hugely generous social welfare

Are you serious? Welfare + healthcare + pensions = 7.6 * defence in 2012[1]. People say cut Trident, well Trident is a rounding error. You could pay for it out of the NHS IT budget alone!

[1] http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk

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Re:The utter futility of scratch card games online with the ... by yummyfajitas on Thursday February 03, 2011 @11:36AM (#2175351)
Wow, Christopher Chantrill is a powerhouse:

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/

http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk

http://usgovernmentrevenue.com

http://www.usfederalbailout.com/program_details

Any politician truly interested in transparent government will pay this guy a salary (job description: "same thing you always did, but more"), and maybe even give him a few hacker underlings and a web designer. His sites are ugly but awesome.

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