uncut.uk

Protest placards in the UK re austerity measures

ANNUAL COST PER PERSON IN UK

Public Forests: 30p each
Libraries: £21 each
Bank bailout: £31,250 each
Bank Bailout cost: £1 Trillion
Vodafone's unpaid tax bill: £6 Billion
Cuts to welfare: £7 Billion

UK Uncut, the new protest group against austerity measures in the UK

"We spent billions bailing out RBS, yet now the government are cutting our services," said Rosa Brown, 42, from UK Uncut. "They are letting RBS get away with the mistakes they caused and rewarding themselves with massive bonuses but punishing us."... US Uncut groups have sprung up from New York to Hawaii in the last three weeks and activists will demonstrate against government cuts and corporate tax avoidance in more than 50 cities on Saturday.

"UK Uncut inspires US groups to attack cuts and tax avoidance," Friday 25 February 2011, guardian.co.uk

on the dime

Jim Flaherty said he was not aware of friend's tax haven dealings. Oopsie, $3 million worth of gold was sold off as slag — at a fraction of its worth. {to whom?}

The Jims, Flaherty and Love, Chairman of Royal Canadian Mint

Anyway. Following his budget speech last March, Flaherty railed against “people hiding their money offshore and avoiding Canadian taxes.” link

In other news, wow Julian Fantino has four pensions: in addition to getting a cabinet minister’s salary, benefit and pension package, Fantino is pulling in pensions from the Toronto police, the London police and the OPP.

Closure of veterans' offices, Lump Sum Disability Award and veteran suicides.