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Boris: Housing, the Economy, and Everything..
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Loughton_Monkey wrote: »
But I fear you may have misconstrued his comments on the rich. Nowhere can I find him talking about charity - but just reflecting that they [the top 1%] used to pay 11% of the total tax revenues, and now they pay 30% ..... "That is an awful lot of schools and roads and hospitals......."
Just plain wrong.
It is estimated as 30% of income tax (for 2013/14).
Not all taxes.
This is hardly sophistry considering the move towards indirect taxes over the last 35 years, but its a sleight of hand that deceitful Tories love to slip in.US housing: it's not a bubble - Moneyweek Dec 12, 20050 -
angrypirate wrote: »not on the size of their wallet or on who daddy knows.
A bit like he did."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
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