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Nodrog · 23 Feb 2007, 23:36

For reference, social security spending in the UK is about 110 billion/year. So the money would probably just have been wasted on poor people anyway - at least threres a vague possibility of me getting some tangible benefit from the olympics even though I dont care about it very much.

If you want to complain about government waste, it makes more sense to talk about the major sources of spending rather than quibbling over a few billion here and there.

23 Feb 2007, 23:36	#2
Nodrog Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 8,476	Re: Olympic Costs could hit £9billion For reference, social security spending in the UK is about 110 billion/year. So the money would probably just have been wasted on poor people anyway - at least threres a vague possibility of me getting some tangible benefit from the olympics even though I dont care about it very much. If you want to complain about government waste, it makes more sense to talk about the major sources of spending rather than quibbling over a few billion here and there.