A Simple Plan for UK Budgeting: Spend Less Than You Earn

The debt here in Blighty’s a towering mass,
One hundred percent of our income—alas!
Yet rumour has it, a budget’s in store,
To raise fifty billion, or maybe some more.

They’ve vowed not to squeeze worker pay anymore,
But where from, then, will they unlock the door?
Raise employer tax? Now that’s rather risky,
The exodus is making our outlook more misty.

For scaring off business is hardly the way,
When we need foreign capital to come here and stay.
Up National Insurance? Oh, what a mess—
The staff, the rewards, will all shrink for less.

Then they eye the investors, but here’s the hitch:
Cash slips overseas with nary a glitch.
How they’ll seize that loot’s yet to be known—
A game of chicken, for their geese have flown.

“Pensioners have savings,” they cunningly say,
“Though taxed once before, let’s raid them anyway.”
And capital gains? That’s ripe for the pick,
Yet killing off growth quite a looney trick.

They redefine ‘worker’ with mind-bending spins,
Counting only the folks who do tasks with their chins.
So ministers playing their money-up games—
Aren’t they the ‘non-workers’ of fanciful claims?

Well, I’ve a suggestion, a wise, simple plan—
It’s one I’ve imparted to daughter and man:
Spend less than you earn, let prudence remain,
And see if the government try the same!