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This man thinks he can be a Prime Minister
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They are getting their own back after being a major contributor to the welfare state for over a decade in terms of tax paid.
Something the left seem to have completely forgot about.
Tax paid on the backs of consumers, they did over, selling carp products to."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
They are getting their own back after being a major contributor to the welfare state for over a decade in terms of tax paid
I think the banks were amply rewarded for their generous contributions to the welfare state during the taxpayer bailouts of 2007/8.
TruckerTAccording to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.0 -
I think the banks were amply rewarded for their generous contributions to the welfare state during the taxpayer bailouts of 2007/8.
TruckerT
Not so. Even if you consider the full costs (not loans) to to the uk taxpayer, tax taken from 2001- would pay off said costs many many times over, even at pessemistic expectations of debt write down.0
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