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David Cameron loses his marbles
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baby_boomer wrote: »This crisis means that everyone will have to pay higher taxes for decades.
After the recovery there will need to be some belt-tightening, but the doomsday scenario that the Tories keep peddling seems to assume that every penny spent supporting the banks is completely lost.0 -
Sir_Humphrey wrote: »I'd hardly call 1p on Income Tax 'insane'.
Announcing it when you're trying to get elected is pretty insane.0 -
Degenerate wrote: »Announcing it when you're trying to get elected is pretty insane.
Perhaps. Perhaps voters should not complain if they prefer to elect liars then (taxes went up under Major IIRC).Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith0 -
Sir_Humphrey wrote: »Perhaps. Perhaps voters should not complain if they prefer to elect liars then (taxes went up under Major IIRC).
Individuals may profess to taking a measured view of things, but the electorate as a whole acts like a dumb animal.0 -
What about all those tax cuts for the rich?Sir_Humphrey wrote: »Perhaps. Perhaps voters should not complain if they prefer to elect liars then (taxes went up under Major IIRC).0 -
JayScottGreenspan wrote: »What about all those tax cuts for the rich?
Which ones are those then?Anger ruins joy, it steals the goodness of my mind. Forces me to say terrible things. Overcoming anger brings peace of mind, a mind without regret. If I overcome anger, I will be delightful and loved by everyone.0 -
I thought this had already been raised, by Labour.
I have this bizarre memory that noone on here has confirmed or otherwise that there was dicussion of a new higher tax rate for earners of over £150k....which would be a higher rate of taxation than the 40% at would hen be the middle band of 40k-150k. Its so vived in my (shot) memory that I'm quite happy to believe it is a hallucination and I can take pills for it.
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JayScottGreenspan wrote: »What about all those tax cuts for the rich?
Any tax rises would tend to be focussed on the poor under Major, true. IIRC, Ken Clarke resisted the demand for tax cuts from the Right of the Tory Party, as well as much of their Eurosceptic loonery.Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith0 -
In the manner of that kid from the milk advert: "Exactly."Which ones are those then?
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A bit like all the stealth taxes, council tax rises and tax-band-creep under the current government then?Sir_Humphrey wrote: »Any tax rises would tend to be focussed on the poor under Major, true.0
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