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Originally Posted by Greg Pope
My priority for the budget would be to take lower income earners out of tax altogether which would help boost the economy, help the less well off and be a lot simpler than tax credits.
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Could not agree more!
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Originally Posted by Mancie
quoting andrewb... now were have I haeard that logic before?.. the same old kak Alan Walters the economic advisor to Thatcher was saying in the 80's.. if increase the tax on income of the rich they will all ****** off to the USA and leave us all alone.."the brain drain".... the fear the Tories try to put upon that if these people that have done very nicely out of the present difficulties will decide to jump ship if thier taxes are increased to help provide a more stable ecomomy....does anyone really care if the like of Andrew Lyyod Webber or Richard Bloody Branson ****** off?..the same old Tory attitude that we have to pamper the rich ... keep them happy and everything will be OK..
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It's economics not 'Alan Walter'. If you want to take your line, and punish the rich for creating wealth, do so. Your policy is to make the poor poorer just as long as we punish the rich.