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  • Hardcover: 223 pages
  • Publisher: Harriman House Publishing; illustrated edition edition (7 Feb 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1897597797
  • ISBN-13: 978-1897597798
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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Sunday Times, January 08, 2006
Who's a pretty wasteful prime minister, then?

Daily Telegraph, January 16, 2006
Tax needn't be quite this taxing

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5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking review of just how much of our money is wasted, 13 Feb 2006
This book has had a lot of mentions in the press recently so I thought I would find out what all the fuss was about.
I was really shocked to read how much of my tax money is being spent on hair-brained schemes and the comfort of fat cat politicians and their friends, when at the same time people are dying waiting for operations and kids are getting a bad education.
This has actually convinced me that politicans just cannot be trusted with our money-I for one would now rather spend the money myself and donate 500 pounds to my nearest hospice or care home than have to live with the thought that someone just received a huge paycheque for a patronising study telling old people how to wear slippers!
I think it is always important to remember that the more you have, the more you can give, and this book definitely shows that we should have more than we do now! It is time for this absurd behaviour to change.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Government at its 'out of control' best., 22 Mar 2006
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Having just watched series one and two of Yes, Prime Minister, a review of the book, The Bumper Book of Government Waste, in the weekend papers caught my attention. On reading the review I immediately went out and bought a copy and read it cover to cover over a couple of evenings. As well as bringing a smile to my face on numerous occasions it also made my blood boil to think that the Government and its ministers can call upon money which isn't theirs and waste it, on seemingly, whatever takes their fancy.

Every tax payer in the land should read this book; how the Government gets away with what it does beggars belief. As a business owner I find the whole thing infuriating as there is now no incentive at all to run a business and employ people. It makes me want to throw in the towel and go and get a job as a civil servant, knowing fully well that I will be looked after, have a great pension and never have to worry about getting the sack from my job, no matter how badly I screw up!

The sooner the whole system of Government comes crashing to its knees the better.

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic book – if only it wasn't necessary though!, 15 Mar 2006
The TaxPayers' Alliance has been getting some fantastic coverage in the media for its low tax campaign, not least due to the publication of the Bumper Book of Government Waste. The book is a comprehensive review of Government spending and how big government leads to high taxes which lead to huge waste and inefficiency. As a taxpayer, it is sometimes painful to read the examples of waste highlighted by Matthew Elliott and Lee Rotherham. It would be nice to think that there won't be a need for further editions of this book -- I somehow doubt it though!
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