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When will the Government come clean...

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  • Kohoutek
    Kohoutek Posts: 2,861 Forumite
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    Why couldn't you just agree with him?

    Because I don't think Labour are the "masters of deception" with their tax policy. It's not like they tried to hide the fact they were abolishing tax credits on private pensions, or raising NI instead of income tax. It's all there to see if you look.

    I don't think Labour is a nefarious conspiracy, just a government that has made some big mistakes that they refuse to acknowledge. Time for the other team to bat...isn't that how we do it in British politics? People were fed up of Major's government because it was useless and had run out of ideas - same situation today with the incumbent govt, isn't it?
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Kohoutek wrote: »
    Lol, have you got nothing better to do than stupid posts like that.

    OK, they didn't raise taxes as a proportion of GDP - stealth and non-stealth taxes - to fund higher public spending sustainably.

    Are you feeling better? Can the grown-ups continue the discussion now? :)

    Hey the stealth taxes were your lots main moaning point before the recession icon7.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Kohoutek
    Kohoutek Posts: 2,861 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Hey the stealth taxes were your lots main moaning point before the recession icon7.gif

    Who's 'your lot'?
  • Mr.Brown_4
    Mr.Brown_4 Posts: 1,109 Forumite
    Kohoutek wrote: »
    Who's 'your lot'?
    He may be a floater.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Mr.Brown wrote: »
    He may be a floater.

    Yes I agree icon7.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    So, the facts are....
    - the government should come clean, and then we truly know what predicament (or not) we are in
    - armed with the facts we could make the best decision on our future governance
    - but...we are denied the truth because they don't trust us to make informed judgements; they'd rather spin us a line about the other lot being the party of nastiness

    It doesn't seem our political system supports anything but spin does it?
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    I thought Dyson had moved to China?

    I thought he made vacuum cleaners. ;)
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    kabayiri wrote: »
    So, the facts are....
    ?


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFqW6Nky4_w
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • pingu2209
    pingu2209 Posts: 246 Forumite
    It really worries me what the state of my children's education will be if there are a lot of cuts to the education budget. It also really worries me what will happen if I or any of my loved ones get ill.
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