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Badger11 Beckenham 13 Jul 23 6.41pm
Originally posted by steeleye20 In 2021, the independent Wealth Tax Commission recommended that the government introduced a one-off 1% wealth tax on households with more than £1m, which they said would generate £260bn, more than enough to cover a year's funding of the NHS and social care spending. LOL Independent perhaps unbiased I think not. The name of the commission gives the game away I would be more amazed if they said no need to raise taxes. It's a pressure group by any other name. Edited by Badger11 (13 Jul 2023 7.57pm) One more point
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Beckenham 13 Jul 23 6.41pm

Originally posted by steeleye20

In 2021, the independent Wealth Tax Commission recommended that the government introduced a one-off 1% wealth tax on households with more than £1m, which they said would generate £260bn, more than enough to cover a year's funding of the NHS and social care spending.

LOL

Independent perhaps unbiased I think not. The name of the commission gives the game away I would be more amazed if they said no need to raise taxes.

It's a pressure group by any other name.

Edited by Badger11 (13 Jul 2023 7.57pm)

One more point

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cryrst The garden of England 13 Jul 23 6.47pm
Originally posted by steeleye20 Britain is not an equal society, the wealthy do not pay their fair share, and the idea that this somehow benefits us is obviously totally wrong, as, after another 13 years of this failure, we would not find ourselves in the situation we are now in. If you provide figures then I will make comment. Just Google or search how much the top 10% pay in tax compared to the minions then state why they should pay more !
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The garden of England 13 Jul 23 6.47pm

Originally posted by steeleye20

Britain is not an equal society, the wealthy do not pay their fair share, and the idea that this somehow benefits us is obviously totally wrong, as, after another 13 years of this failure, we would not find ourselves in the situation we are now in.

If you provide figures then I will make comment. Just Google or search how much the top 10% pay in tax compared to the minions then state why they should pay more !

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cryrst The garden of England 13 Jul 23 6.55pm
Just doing it for you SY the top 1% of earners pay around 28% of the tax take. Not bad for greedy bstards really. How’s your accounts for the hotel. Maybe publish them so we can see your contribution and then agree that people pay their way. Baited breath !!!
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The garden of England 13 Jul 23 6.55pm

Just doing it for you SY the top 1% of earners pay around 28% of the tax take. Not bad for greedy bstards really. How’s your accounts for the hotel. Maybe publish them so we can see your contribution and then agree that people pay their way.
Baited breath !!!

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georgenorman 13 Jul 23 7.49pm
Giving more in tax to governments is like giving whisky to an alcoholic. The idea that higher taxes will enrich our future is like basing your financial plans on winning the Lottery.
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13 Jul 23 7.49pm

Giving more in tax to governments is like giving whisky to an alcoholic.

The idea that higher taxes will enrich our future is like basing your financial plans on winning the Lottery.

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Matov 13 Jul 23 8.19pm
Originally posted by steeleye20 Are we in the last days of the Conservatives? The government debt pile grew to more than 100% of annual GDP for the first time since 1961, in May. That was near the end of the tories 13 years of misrule, the timing could not be more apt. Most striking are the prominent Conservatives rubbishing their old model. In an FT article headlined “Capitalism as we know it has failed”, Theresa May’s former chief of staff, Nick Timothy, argued that the UK economy created a nation of “serfs to debt, trapped by low pay and bloated assets”. Britain, he wrote, had been hooked on cheap credit and ripped off by financial engineering. Michael Gove, levelling-up secretary, laments a “culture of dutiless rights and commercial calculation”. Are they looking for a way out, a form of capitalism that will work, realising that theirs has failed? There is something in the water. William Hauge had an article in 'The Times' this week about migration that might as well have been in 'Morning Star'. As I have said plenty of times, I am convinced that the Tories are deliberately looking to get massacred in the next election because they want Labour to take us back into the EU and not get caught up in the fallout. But anybody who still wants to waste time playing the Blue v Red game need to really take a long look at themselves. As things stand, there is no choice. Or else they all know that something huge is coming down the tracks that will change everything. Because very very little makes any kind of sense at the moment. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.
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13 Jul 23 8.19pm

Originally posted by steeleye20

Are we in the last days of the Conservatives?

The government debt pile grew to more than 100% of annual GDP for the first time since 1961, in May.

That was near the end of the tories 13 years of misrule, the timing could not be more apt.

Most striking are the prominent Conservatives rubbishing their old model.

In an FT article headlined “Capitalism as we know it has failed”, Theresa May’s former chief of staff, Nick Timothy, argued that the UK economy created a nation of “serfs to debt, trapped by low pay and bloated assets”. Britain, he wrote, had been hooked on cheap credit and ripped off by financial engineering.

Michael Gove, levelling-up secretary, laments a “culture of dutiless rights and commercial calculation”.

Are they looking for a way out, a form of capitalism that will work, realising that theirs has failed?

There is something in the water. William Hauge had an article in 'The Times' this week about migration that might as well have been in 'Morning Star'.

As I have said plenty of times, I am convinced that the Tories are deliberately looking to get massacred in the next election because they want Labour to take us back into the EU and not get caught up in the fallout.

But anybody who still wants to waste time playing the Blue v Red game need to really take a long look at themselves. As things stand, there is no choice.

Or else they all know that something huge is coming down the tracks that will change everything. Because very very little makes any kind of sense at the moment.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

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Stirlingsays 13 Jul 23 10.30pm
Originally posted by Matov There is something in the water. William Hauge had an article in 'The Times' this week about migration that might as well have been in 'Morning Star'. As I have said plenty of times, I am convinced that the Tories are deliberately looking to get massacred in the next election because they want Labour to take us back into the EU and not get caught up in the fallout. But anybody who still wants to waste time playing the Blue v Red game need to really take a long look at themselves. As things stand, there is no choice. Or else they all know that something huge is coming down the tracks that will change everything. Because very very little makes any kind of sense at the moment. I'm starting to believe William Hague gets pegged at this point. 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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13 Jul 23 10.30pm

Originally posted by Matov

There is something in the water. William Hauge had an article in 'The Times' this week about migration that might as well have been in 'Morning Star'.

But anybody who still wants to waste time playing the Blue v Red game need to really take a long look at themselves. As things stand, there is no choice.

Or else they all know that something huge is coming down the tracks that will change everything. Because very very little makes any kind of sense at the moment.

I'm starting to believe William Hague gets pegged at this point.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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Matov 14 Jul 23 6.21am
Originally posted by Stirlingsays I'm starting to believe William Hague gets pegged at this point. Hauge matters because he was the one who paved the way for Sunak. Sunak, from Southhampton, effectively gets parachuted into a rock solid Tory shire seat in Yorkshire. In 2015. And now, on the back of LOSING a Tory leadership election which involved the actual members is now PM. And doing any and everything possible to throw the next election. Throw in Starmer and the stunts he has pulled since also, oddly enough, coming into Parliament in 2015 and being gifted a safe seat, and now looking like the new PM Elect, and so so much is not adding up unless you accept it is all a stitch up. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.
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Matov

14 Jul 23 6.21am

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

I'm starting to believe William Hague gets pegged at this point.

Hauge matters because he was the one who paved the way for Sunak. Sunak, from Southhampton, effectively gets parachuted into a rock solid Tory shire seat in Yorkshire. In 2015. And now, on the back of LOSING a Tory leadership election which involved the actual members is now PM. And doing any and everything possible to throw the next election.

Throw in Starmer and the stunts he has pulled since also, oddly enough, coming into Parliament in 2015 and being gifted a safe seat, and now looking like the new PM Elect, and so so much is not adding up unless you accept it is all a stitch up.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

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Stirlingsays 14 Jul 23 7.04am
Originally posted by Matov Hauge matters because he was the one who paved the way for Sunak. Sunak, from Southhampton, effectively gets parachuted into a rock solid Tory shire seat in Yorkshire. In 2015. And now, on the back of LOSING a Tory leadership election which involved the actual members is now PM. And doing any and everything possible to throw the next election. Throw in Starmer and the stunts he has pulled since also, oddly enough, coming into Parliament in 2015 and being gifted a safe seat, and now looking like the new PM Elect, and so so much is not adding up unless you accept it is all a stitch up. Rather amusingly the market rates that did for Truss are now higher....yet not a peep. He's their man. It's only a democracy on paper. 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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Stirlingsays

14 Jul 23 7.04am

Originally posted by Matov

Rather amusingly the market rates that did for Truss are now higher....yet not a peep.

He's their man.

It's only a democracy on paper.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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Midlands Eagle 14 Jul 23 11.05am
Originally posted by Stirlingsays I'm starting to believe William Hague gets pegged at this point. Is that some sort of sex game?
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14 Jul 23 11.05am