I have coped with most of the changes that Budgets over the years have brought - up a bit here, down a bit there - and I suppose I will just have to continue coping. What I can't cope with is the appallingly wasteful way in which so much of the money collected from the taxpayers is frittered away on useless pet projects. If only politicians (of all parties) could apply some serious brainpower to the task of using the money wisely for the benefit of the nation in the long term rather than for catching votes in the short term then I might feel that Budgets are not altogether bad.