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Just how much tax evasion/avoidance did they manipulate. No-one can or does manipulate tax evasion. The tax laws are the tax laws and have to be abided by. If people do not pay the taxes that they are legally obliged to do then that is a criminal offence, punishable by fines and or prison. What we do have is tax avoidance which is quite legal. The tax laws are very complex and it is almost impossible to draft legislation that doesn't somewhere in the fine print have a loophole that can be exploited by clever accountants. As each one becomes apparent the law is changed accordingly to combat it. ...the system itself is corrupted! The political system that we have has served reasonably well for over 100 years, but in the 21st Century with an ever investigative press, it is being seen as wanting. Which is why we have had changes in the Parliamentary expenses rules, the Leveson inquiry, and now forthcoming legislation to cap political donations and make all lobbying meetings public knowledge. Just how many "influencial" lobbyists had their "hands on the tiller" so to speak? In the case of the Labour party you might well ask that question. David Milliband the out and out favourite, did not get the position of Leader of the Labour party because the Trade Unions wanted somebody weak that they could control, so they made sure that Ed got the job. | |
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Sorry Chris, I'm not up to date as I think, I wasn't aware of that fact, so thanks. ____________ | |
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It seems that Cammie can't remember where he buys his takeways.....could it have been the missus or an underling that bought it? | |
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It seems that Cammie can't remember where he buys his takeways.....could it have been the missus or an underling that bought it? ....and then, Sirius, taxes you after death too, just to rub it in a bit more... ____________ The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. | |
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Right, bring back the good old days under Labor -- no taxes at all then.... Oh wait.
....and then, Sirius, taxes you after death too, just to rub it in a bit more... [/quote] | |
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Yeah quite true. | |
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Yeah quite true. 2003 Labour considered taxing fatty foods on health reasons but found an excuse not to carry it out... .... But a super tax on fatty foods would be perceived as a regressive tax because people on lower incomes tend to eat proportionally larger quantities of cheap, high-fat food.... ....said the Labour party spokesman. All this came about due to a Health study carried out at that time. This study found that poorer families suffered from poorer health later in life due to their poor quality diets. So what did the government of that time do.....absolutely nothing just swept it under the carpet. They chose not to make fatty foods more expensive than good quality foods thereby forcing people to improve on their diets. Staple good quality food is not expensive, vegetables and some meat like chicken is not expensive and well within the budget of even that fraternity who live off state handouts. The class of people who tend to fall into the poor category are there so because of poor educational level and I suspect dam ignorance too and just cant be bothered to see that they and their children eat healthily. To the Labour party at that time then it was better to do nothing rather than hurt a big source of their votes. But looking at it from another angle you could say that the Labour party cares dam little about the health of those who vote for them just as long as they continue to vote for the party. Well, that's politics for you and pretty dam awful, I must say, well you get what you vote for in the end and that's "politics" with very little worthwhile action thrown in. Has government got any better since 2003? not at all. They and the opposition spent most of one day this week bashing it off over the application of a tax on hot pasties. Never mind the fact that the south runs a severe risk of drought this coming summer. No time spent here discussing a new plan to build reservoirs up north and pump the water down south...as was suggested, many years ago, needed to be done. That's called planning for the future, "Manana-procrastination" the motto that should be affixed to the top of most political parties manifesto's followed by, "Nihil facimus hodie"..= today we do nothing. ____________ The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. | |
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Ahead of the drought meeting, London mayor Boris Johnson asked why we couldn’t use gravity to “bring surplus rain from the mountains to irrigate and refresh the breadbasket of the country in the south and east.” It may sound like a pie in the sky idea, but it has been seriously discussed by governments in the past. We have a nationwide electricity grid – why not one for that other utility we can’t live without: water. | |
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In 2006, the Environment Agency returned to the question. Pumping water down from the northern Pennines to London could be done, it agreed, but it would cost between five and eight times more than developing the water system in and around the south-east. Ah Chris, now we truly know what HST2 is really all about. A fast train enabling the Southerners to go up North to collect their own water and bring it back down to home themselves. ____________ The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. | |
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& paying twice for the privledge. ____________ | |
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I'm sure it will be fun though?? | |
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Maybe Cameron and Obama are having surprisingly similar fate that cleaning up the worst mess that being accumulated by their predecessors. Both Bush and his puudel Blair are one of the worst kinds of war criminals that have nearly 1 million human kills in their presidency records plus ruining of their domestic economy beyond any comprehension. So poor next electees are partially carrying the blame and cleaning up the worst mess around. | |
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Well if he wants a second term in office, he'd better make sure that he has cabinet ministers that have common sense & not a bloated egotisical image of themselves.... | |
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2 reports that says it all about politicians.....THEY DO live in a different universe to the rest of us....unfortunately, these scumbags are draining us all dry! | |
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I see Del Boy is up to his normal tricks with throwaway remarks. Don't think he's going to get a second term. | |
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Don't blame the Government for something they foolishly say. Blame all the short sighted idiots that went and jammed up the fuel stations and caused the panic. | |
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Of course the government are at fault. They want us back to this...... Serfs, so that they can sit back with their fat King Edward's after their caviar & chips luncheon, followed by coffee in the "Grand Room". | |
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Come on Sirius ... your prejudices are hanging out under your shirt tails. | |
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No way is Labour going to win with Milliband and their current opposition front Bench, and I think the Tories will be hard pushed to get a large working majority. We may have another hung parliament with the coalition continuing. My view has always been that the coalition is the best compromise we could have with basically a Tory government and PM, but a Lib Dem Deputy PM and 5 Lib Dem Cabinet Ministers keeping the worst Tory excesses in check. | |
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OK, I admit it, I'm prejudiced! Show me an honest, reliable & trustworthy politician & I'll show you a liar. | |
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