What cool ways can you think of to cut government spending?

As you probably know, 拢4bn worth of Nimrod planes are being scrapped as part of the government spending cuts ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-122鈥?/a> ).





As it is now considered cool to save money by destroying existing projects irrespective of how much money has already been spent, what cool ways can you think of to cut government spending, not worrying one bit about how much money has already been poured into it?|||I agree with legalizing pot and taxing it pretty hefty. That's not a cut, but that will bring in some serious money.





Let's also cut out welfare. Natural selection ftw. That may seem contrary to legalizing pot, but if you wanna play, you gotta pay!|||I think prisoners should farm and weed and hoe and plow and grow their own food. If every prison in America had their own farm -- we would see immediate benefits. Physical labor is good for humans on every level, for starters. It's good for the soul to be outside and work up a sweat. Plus the tremendous health benefits of eating real food, picked right off the vines -- would benefit the taxpayers on another level -- reduced medical care.



We would save a bundle in several areas... psychological, medical, and groceries.



I also agree with the other posters about legalizing marijuana, but I also think all drugs should be legalized. Personally I don't do drugs of any kind, but it is an ugly fact that the guns and violence and murders surrounding the illegal drug wars contribute to border problems. If drugs were legalized the black market would dry up overnight. And yes, we should tax it.



Adults should be able to decide for themselves what they do in the privacy of their own homes.



And of course the most glaring example of government waste is defense. We can cut a lot of fat there.|||1) Cut the number of MPs to 400 (an additional member system would be introduced at the same time).


2) Scrap the House of Lords and replace it with an elected Senate of about 200.


3) Cut back on the number of junior ministers at Westminster.


4) Slash the number of councils, and get rid of the urban unitary authorities. Transfer non-essential services (eg: libraries, car parks) to town/parish/community councils and then cut the number of main councils (county/district/metropolitan/unitary) to 65 in England (from about 250), 22 in Scotland (from 32), eight in Wales (from 22) and four in Northern Ireland (from 26).


5) Get rid of elected mayors, and don't bother with elected police commissioners.


6) Sack all council diversity officers, climate change executives and EU compliance staff.


7) Sack all council "chief executives" - what the f*ck do they actually do for their obscene salaries?


8) Get rid of the "overseas territories" (eg; Gibraltar, Falkland Islands) and "crown dependencies" (Isle of Man, Channel Islands) - offer them either full integration within the UK (basically, give them an MP at Westminster and subject them to the same taxes as the rest of the UK) or full independence. Colonialism has no place in the 21st Century.


9) Pull out of Afghanistan - it's unwinnable. In fact pull out of NATO and become a neutral state instead.


10) Legalise all drugs (not just cannabis) and make them a state monopoly.


11) Legalise prostitution and brothels, and tax them.


12) Get rid of most (in fact preferably all) of the "Mickey Mouse" degree courses (like media studies) - they're a waste of time and money.


13) Axe all our weapons of mass destruction (Trident) - it means spending billions on weapons we'll never use.


14) Cut back on the number of road signs - it all adds up having that many...





And that's just for starters! There are so many cuts that could be made without affecting front-line services...|||Shut down all the power stations every Tuesday just for a laugh.





Close all universities and replace them with a three year unpaid apprenticeship at a bank or a free moat-cleaning course at the mansion of the tory MP of your choice.





Turn off all the life-support machines - saves electricity AND frees up hospital beds.





Cancel all teacher training and replace teachers with failed hedge-fund managers.





Close down all water-treatment plants and allow cholera to cut the unemployment numbers.





Close the BBC and sell the Television Centre to Rupert Murdoch.





Reduce the number of MPs to 25 - 24 representing southern England and 1 representing the rest.





Cancel all elections for the 1 MP representing the rest and replace him with Rupert Murdoch.





Declare war on China, scrap the army and surrender. Then they can foot the bill for running the country.|||There is only way to genuinely cut Government spending and that is by reducing the size of the government in total and that includes Local Government, NHS, Armed Forces, HMRC etc. Sacred cows need to be slaughtered to make real savings. As an example why have a Army, Navy and Air Force it makes no real sense to me that in this day and age with the Navy so small and the need for the RAF greatly reduced that we do not have one combined force with a single management structure - would be much cheaper.|||Among many of the (sensible) suggestions; a complete withdraw from the EU will save British tax payers millions of pounds per day, and it will give the British public some pride back to have some of their independence as it used to be.


Come on Herr Adolf Cameron, listen to what WE want and not what YOU want.|||Dude, I mean it is so cool the your country recycles man. As far as a cool way way to cut spending. Um how about with a blow torch on a friday night while getting pissed and sucking a fag. that would be cool right.|||Sell the BBC.



Sell the Forestry Commission. (They were formed because of a shortage of timber for trench warfare in the 1914-18 War). They do not even make money out of the business!



Give Northern Ireland independence. It costs a fortune.|||Dunno. Legalise and sell canabis. Could tax the hell out of it like cigarettes and it will be safer for everyone. instead of dodgy dealers selling stuff.|||As the nation is ruled by the idiots in Brussells I believe there is no need for a British parliament. Alot of money could be saved if all the M.Ps were sacked , they are redundant anyway!|||Cut the aid to other country's like India Africa cut aid to Islamic funding in the UK. The list is endless.|||Ship ALL politicians off to Afghanistan with a pen knife for defence.





That will save millions|||How about pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan?|||put all mp on minimum wage and scrap all perks