What does a hundred billion pounds buy?

Osborne's latest attempt to kick start the economy will cost �100 billion. These huge numbers fly about in the columns of Newspapers, but few of us really comprehend them. What does �100 billion mean in tangible terms.

During the fiscal year ending in 2011, the NHS cost �100 billion. The education budget was less; some �58 billion, while defence expenditure was just �37 billion. So, �100 billion is really big number.

Notwithstanding Osborne's excitable language about firepower and kick-starting the economy, we have to wonder where this cash will really go. I have a sneaky feeling it will end up supporting the balance sheets of banks. Ultimately, it will leak out as bonuses to bankers.

We know it; they know it; they know that we know it; we know that they know we know it. Everyone has full information. No one is keeping any secrets here.

Yet somehow, nothing ever changes.....
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