That Is Not A Billion Pounds...

I was watching The News earlier [because this is something that apparently is very important and will help with my social knowledge, also it would be quite useful with a future career in journalism] and I was discussing in my head how news reporters seem to have a great sense of humour when something completely ridiculous shook the very thought of good humour from my head and put me in a bad mood.

It would appear that our moronic Government has decided to completely forget the fact that we are in a recession and spend NINE BILLION POUNDS on the Olympics. Yes, you heard correct. The 2012 Olympics. Do they spend that money wisely? Do they feed the poor or donate to charities or even consider trying to prevent the economy falling into a black hole? No, they spend nine billion pounds on a bunch of people who jump over poles, lift weights and ride horses. Congratulations.

And what for? Pride. A predictable answer.

However, what has really captured my interest and made this all the more frustrating is that whilst politicians are strutting around in their expensive houses wasting ridiculous amounts of Government expenses on petty, selfish and trivial things like swimming pools, we are being made to pay for this atrocity out of taxes! Have they not considered that the average citizen does simply not have the money to spend on new apartments that they will never live in for people who will live in them for no longer than a couple of months?

If the government actually cared and took the time to pull their heads out of their own arses they would realise that with a recession meaning that people are losing their jobs, homes and who knows what else, perhaps the best thing to do is go tell the Olympics to crap all over someone else's country and leave us alone so we can spend our money on things that matter!