OH! AtoZ - You DO miss the point.
I don't in any way profess to be a tax expert. I simply referred to the fact that politicians of ALL persuasions have a propensity to distort the facts.
What I said was that the 10% band had not been abolished it had in fact been doubled.
I totally agree with the necessity to pay Taxes, but I do object to the inefficient way ALL politicians dispose of it.
I do remember Thatcher for all her good and bad points, I recall she negotiated a rather good EU Rebate, which Brown promptly returns to this EU Bunch who are even more corrupt than our own lot.
I have no respect for any of them Labour,Tory, Lib Dem, etc. They all manipulate statistics for their own ends, say only what they want you to hear and miss out the bad bits. What is very sad is that whenever I hear ANY politician talk, my first Gut reaction is that they are not being totally truthful. Now that is very sad. It should be that I assume them to be telling the truth until proven otherwise. This reaction to politicians has only developed under the Leadership of Blair and continues under the Buffoon we now call our Leader.
I also take exception to your suggestion that I 'fiddle' my Tax returns. I never have or never will break the Law even if I disagree with the law itself. It's called democracy.
agreed that all politicians lie! that is a given.
although you are correct that the 10% is gone, the people who were on that rate will get any losses back via tax credits. thats why i said that only a few groups will lose out (me being one).
i see having to apply for tax credits as overly complicated but im sure it is a scroat catching exercise and in that case, im all for it.
i find it really hard when i hear people moaning about this govt when i compare them to the mob before. i mean thatchers lot. i dont include major who i think would have been ok.
the english will moan about any govt, that is a fact. they always have and they always will.
history will show blair and brown as one of the best pairs ever.
i know that these pages are full of builders and they by nature are types who think they can always do better and are not slow to voice a simplistic opinion or criticism. go on site and hear builders comment on other builders work..
i hated thatcher and i still do. i do though believe she was a sincere politician. she thought she was right and everybody else was wrong.
people who did well under her like her and those who suffered hate her.
i have suffered more under blair than thatcher but he was a better leader than her. he built things up whereas she tore things down.
anyway
i am sorry about the tax fiddle remark. that was meant as a general remark rather than directed at you.
i dont fiddle my tax and i never have, my friends have called me a mug! these are the same people that moan like fo*k about taxes but one of them still has a large part of his mega motorhome paid for by the taxman.
i dont believe in loopholes, i would have a simple rate with rebates for rich people if the spent money on english goods or services.
but im a builder and over simplistic
i want my say hysteresis but i dont mean to offend you. i doubt that you would have been had we spoke.
