ewerk 26806 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Stumbling round like a drunk child with his school bag over his back. It's a joke that has gone too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35526 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Aye it's a bit of an embarrassment that this prick is mayor of the capital city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6089 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 All I can say is, I'm a big fan of inheritance tax, probably the most fair tax of all So my parents work all their lives saving money that they pay 20-40% tax on. Then they leave some to me and the government taxes it again? Proper fair that like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4006 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 So my parents work all their lives saving money that they pay 20-40% tax on. Then they leave some to me and the government taxes it again? Proper fair that like The tax is on you not them. Inheritance is fair enough but then cut the shit about this being a meritocracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26806 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 So my parents work all their lives saving money that they pay 20-40% tax on. Then they leave some to me and the government taxes it again? Proper fair that like Well they tax anything your parents leave over £325k. It essentially money you're getting that you haven't earned. I'm assuming that NJS supports higher IHT because inheritance keeps the rich kids rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4006 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Well they tax anything your parents leave over £325k. It essentially money you're getting that you haven't earned. I'm assuming that NJS supports higher IHT because inheritance keeps the rich kids rich. I support 100% with no threshold. I'd also make all planning to avoid it a crime People looking after their kids is one thing - multi-generation inherited privilige is by far the worst thing about this country imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14910 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I support 100% with no threshold. I'd also make all planning to avoid it a crime People looking after their kids is one thing - multi-generation inherited privilige is by far the worst thing about this country imo. So nobody can leave anything to anyone? Are you a member of the RCGB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6089 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 People actually defending taxing money that has already been taxed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4006 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 People actually defending taxing money that has already been taxed Vat Stamp duty Duty on tabs and booze Tax on savings interest CGT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6089 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 What about it? So the money my parents got taxed on, that I then get taxed on, gets taxed again by Vat whenever I buy something? Is that meant to be a good thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Who needs a government anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 What about it? So the money my parents got taxed on, that I then get taxed on, gets taxed again by Vat whenever I buy something? Is that meant to be a good thing? A great thing. Thomas Paine was the dogs bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4003 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 What about it? So the money my parents got taxed on, that I then get taxed on, gets taxed again by Vat whenever I buy something? Is that meant to be a good thing? How else would we pay your wages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 How else would we pay your wages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4006 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 What about it? So the money my parents got taxed on, that I then get taxed on, gets taxed again by Vat whenever I buy something? Is that meant to be a good thing? I just meant its not a unique concept. One point of taxation does sort of appeal to me in principle but it would have to be a lot higher to generate the same income. Of course if you want to seriously reduce the size of government to lessen the required income then fair enough but that would certainly mean no NHS which would affect you and your parents directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4003 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Very interesting budget coming along in 3 weeks. Half the party wanting more austerity and half wanting less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Very interesting budget coming along in 3 weeks. Half the party wanting more austerity and half wanting less. Having fucked up the estimate on the 4G auction by over a billion and counting on the over-estimate in his last budget, he's got a big hole to plug. Only right that the poor and indegent pay the price for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6089 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 How else would we pay your wages? We aren't. Taxes are going up, NHS spending is going down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4003 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 We aren't. Taxes are going up, NHS spending is going down Looks to me like the only time NHS spending goes down is under Labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Exemplary graph work young padawan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14910 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Exemplary graph work young padawan. aye, from YCUK home page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26806 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 And yet a very similar graph tells a different story: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTaffer 0 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) The tax is on you not them. Inheritance is fair enough but then cut the shit about this being a meritocracy. Agreed, a true meritocracy requires a fair amount of redistribution from top to bottom so that everyone has a fair acces to basic civic rights and equal opportunities. Inheritance tax does this pretty well, it takes from those who have done very little to deserve a lump sum of money and if implemented correctly redistributes it to the less well off through something like a child trust fund. Edited February 26, 2013 by TheTaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTaffer 0 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) What about it? So the money my parents got taxed on, that I then get taxed on, gets taxed again by Vat whenever I buy something? Is that meant to be a good thing? that depends whether you like having roads to drive on, a free healthcare service, a safety net if you lose your job and an overall more cohesive society. Edited February 26, 2013 by TheTaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 And yet a very similar graph tells a different story: Surely the only way to show that fairly would be as % of GDP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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