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Milliband mansion tax?

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  • Blackbeard_of_Perranporth
    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth Posts: 7,605 Forumite
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    Oh no, Millipede, mansion tax and an expected windfall in excess of our cloud cuckoo land dreams! Then think the grief politics of LieBore, Stafford Hospital.

    LieBore, taking the poors votes for ninety years, and we are still poor!
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,787 Forumite
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    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »
    Oh no, Millipede, mansion tax and an expected windfall in excess of our cloud cuckoo land dreams! Then think the grief politics of LieBore, Stafford Hospital.

    LieBore, taking the poors votes for ninety years, and we are still poor!

    Have you forgotten to take your medication again?
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • varghesejim
    varghesejim Posts: 151 Forumite
    bigfreddiel wrote: »
    The proposed mansion tax on houses worth in excess of £2m will raise about £1.5bn for the NHS

    Sounds a lot doesn't it?

    Well in actual fact it will fund the NHS for about 10 days!

    Not quite as good as it sounds is it!

    Let's just hope this is mentioned or queried

    Cheers fj

    I have read they will not be able to raise that money from mansion tax. The proposed ceiling for mansion tax will most probably come down to fill the short fall.
  • bigfreddiel
    bigfreddiel Posts: 4,263 Forumite
    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    No, you cannot presume that. Many MSErs just won't bother to respond.

    I guess the same msers just won't bother to vote either! Hehehe!

    Cheers fj
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