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Old 25-08-2010, 12:22   #62
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Re: Cuts and yet more Cuts.. for who?

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Originally Posted by Mancie View Post
Government Budget Cuts Are `Regressive,' Hit Poor Hardest ..
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-0...ays.html..“The
"The distributional effect of all tax and benefit reforms due to be implemented by 2014-15 is clearly regressive within the bottom nine decile groups of the income distribution when losses are expressed as a percentage of net income,” the London-based IFS said in a report. Families with children in the bottom decile lose 5 percent of net income, the IFS said, compared with 1 percent for the richest decile."...
Just like I was saying...eh Jaysay?
These think tanks can make figures say just what the people who commissioned the report want to hear, I would sooner listen to the treasury who have ALL the figures at their disposal not a mish mash, picked up willy nilly
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