Sunday, September 9, 2007

Bump and rind

This is such a brilliant idea that I'm amazed our own government didn't come up with it first. I suppose they're waiting to see how badly it works in the UK before doing the same thing here at twice the cost.

As I read it, the British government is going to give £120 to every pregnant woman in an attempt to encourage them to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. This is going to cost something like £80 million quid to the taxpayer but there'll be no way of knowing if the money is being spent on carrots or cigarettes. Or apples or cider. Or potatoes or pot....

I don't know much but if there's £80 million quid going spare, couldn't they do something a bit more productive with it? Somebody must have a better suggestion..

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