The Budget, March 2012

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Damien

Milband's response to the budget was the strongest I have seen him yet since taking leadership of the party. Asking the front bench how many of them would benefit from the top-rate tax cute was good tv as well his comment, directed at the Prime Minster, that he could now afford his own horse.

Shame he is utterly ineffective the rest of the time. His failure to capitalise in any way whatsoever on the government's unpopularity, the slower than expected recovery and dalliance with another recession and the Lib Dem support utterly deserting them in mind boggling. If they can't capitalise now, at the presumed height of the current governments troubles, then they really are screwed in the general election.

By the looks of things, even the Tories and Lib Dems look like they are not going to do well, remember what Mervin King said...

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Originally Posted by Sirius

If you were in power we would be in serious trouble and i predict a quick assassination of the person in power

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Well i am sure it will not be long before your away again

Thanks for telling me, I will put extra security!

Nice to see you again NOT!

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Originally Posted by mertle

One things Osbourne should considered before dropping 50% who these people where. I bet lot prem footballers laughing at payrise wont put into businesses.

Film stars, pop stars how many these was bank bosses, council bosses. Ours earns above this threshold he just been given nice payrise by the move. All these wont re-invest as they dont own businesses.

How many these 50% earners are actually business people who in position to re-invest.

Those business people are tax exiles anyway

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Sadly, this is all the Tory party is all about, he has helped the rich, but not the poor worker on the street, or the OAP's.

Smokers and beer has been hit, The Tories are not stupid, they will hit what makes them money, It won't effect anyone who is earning 100.000's a year, its just peanuts, people that buy houses that are worth millions.

What they should have done was to reduce fuel duty to help those who run haulage companies, people that need there cars for work etc. They should have given OAPs decent pensions to live on.

It makes me laugh on tv just now, Cameron has said that he has frozen his wages for this party, but l forgot his wages must be six figures, plus gets expenses, free perks, and goes on two months hold in the summer, with bodyguards paid by the taxman.

What about the poor worker. What he could have done is most of British Lorry drivers drive products that we use on the road, he could have helped them.

Most foriegn drivers that bring products from abroad should pay tax when they arrive in this country as they are on BRITISH SOIL.

The PM also gets a few free homes, free air travel (with leased BA jets), free cars and even his own train (the Royal Train)

I am also thinking he gets "paid" for his PM and MP roles

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

But we already have a low corporation tax.

Australia 30%
Germany 30%
Denmark 25%
France 33%
India 33% (and massive growth)
Japan 40%
New Zealand 28%
Norway 28%

most of the countries with lower rates are ones with higher crimes, more social disorder etc. are we competing against the likes of afghanistan?

Big corp companies are not job creators, small firms are.

I know, why don't businesses and rich people move to Somalia, becuase of a lack of law and order, no tax has to be paid, just paying for security (or paying the millitants off)

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Originally Posted by martyh

what's wrong with the fourth most attractive country in terms of corporate tax ?.I notice you have tried to justify high corporate tax because India has "massive growth" ,India has some of the lowest wages in the world which more than of sets the high tax

Indias wages are low becuase of low labour standards and a weak currency, remember also that they have rather high inflation!

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

So the millions of the poorest in society that now won't be paying income tax and the general reduction in income tax for lower and middle classes obviously passed your blinkers by.

Those same blinkers that conveniently forgot about GB's removal of the 10% rate when Labour clobbered the poorest.

At least they invested into the NHS for example

Originally Posted by Gary L

So am I. I pay £42.50 every 5 weeks to Trev

How many grams is the £6.50?

50g turner from Dave

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Originally Posted by Sirius

It seemed like only yesterday

You realise that we have loads more of this twoddle to come, as he catches up with a fortnights posts

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by martyh

You realise that we have loads more of this twoddle to come, as he catches up with a fortnights posts

Dont remind me please, At least we know his next holiday will be longer

[Ignitionnet]

Ah nice, my income tax bill has gone up again.

With withdrawal of child benefit once that kicks in that's well over a thousand quid worse off, and since the 'Conservatives' came in that's me over 4k down on income tax alone, ignoring the VAT rise and child benefit removal.

Cheers George, that's the way to get demand for goods and services up attacking people's disposable income, I'm sure the corporations you've handed tax cuts to will enjoy adding it to their 756bln GBP cash pile and investing it elsewhere.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Dont remind me please, At least we know his next holiday will be longer

My mother always said. if you don't like your greens then don't keep prodding at them and just ignore them or I'm gonna get the strap out

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Dont remind me please, At least we know his next holiday will be longer

I was not on hloiday, I was suspended

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

I was not on hloiday, I was suspended

Please view my warning here and consider that your next suspension is likely to be permanent:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/20...l#post35414953

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