Taxes ?

[Jay]

Surely you've learnt that the MK1 is awesome because it brought us the superb MK2, MK3 is a fat rusty pile of crud, the MK4 is a fat pile of crud who will start to rust shortly, the MK5 is ace and the MK6 is just a deface lifted MK5 and that you should have got an Audi instead of a VW.

[Diamond Hell]

Mr.Diamond Hell, i take it you don't vote conservative?

No and for many, many reasons.

I don't vote

More fool you.

I don't think the Torys have 'f*cked things up' - whoever got in after the banking clusterf*ck was going to get a proper shafting, but pulling stunts like reducing the top rate of income tax isn't going to get any plaudits from most people.  It'll be interesting to see if they actually are able to step up the tax take from the top band of tax-dodgers.  Seems extremely unlikely, but someone appears to have realised it's a good publicity stunt to be seen to go after them (toothlessly).

[VW BUSH]

I am not a Tory by a long shot but I am able to see further back than the two years they have been in power.......
Labour have always gone on about the boom and bust Tory economics, but in my life time they have created the biggest busts and been responsible for the worst wastes of money.......
If you look at the short term ecnomics of the last 10 years and political desicions taken how could we ever vote Labour into office again?
We are now living with the consequences of what labour did over a 10 year period, I am glad we have some folks running the country who only care about money as the lack of it is precisely what ails us at this time.
What would labour be doing right now? Sweet FA as they would be alienating themselves from their grass root support if they made the cuts required

[bored_Welsh_lad]

I earn about 30k a year and I can honestly say that things are expensive. I really do not know how people manage on 16k a year. That said, out of my salary each month comes my mortgage, a 292 quid loan for buying my ex out of the property plus my bills like car insurance etc. I have worked out that I am left with about 500 notes a month to fuel my car and eat..

I don't know how others copy..

BTW, I am with DH on this one, he talks sense. f**k the pics of the kids in Africa, there are kids who need help on our streets. I think the British system supports as many as it can. Yes there are those who sponge, but the majority of British are hard working honest people.

My biggest bugbare(sp) is Gang Violence, Gang Dominance in certain areas. I feel that no-one is proud to be British anymore, not many people will stop and help others for fear of retribution..Such a shame.

[Kerrse]

We are now living with the consequences of what labour did over a 10 year period

What goverment has f**ked us over the last 30 years   politicians don't care about the general public especially not ever so well off Torys  

[clipperjay]

People forget new adminstration inherit the old problems i.e no monies!
The stop start cycle wasnt too bad it meant bad times good times since labour took it a bit too long the torch so to speak they spent too much in the wrong areas.
As for taxing higher incomes well thats a dicy one, hence we loose all capital investment flowing out of the country for tax havens. But last time I was in the banking circle clients took jobs and money away from a crippled country already.
Take money from the poor they just smoke and drink more, give them more money they just drink and smoke more     
Such a Pandora box we live in 

[AudiA8Quattro]

Boom and bust has been around alot longer than the last government.
I sometimes wonder if the bust is part of the plan long term, to force wages down 

[DazVR6]

We are now living with the consequences of what labour did over a 10 year period

What goverment has f**ked us over the last 30 years   politicians don't care about the general public especially not ever so well off Torys  

Well said.

[clipperjay]

Boom and bust has been around alot longer than the last government.
I sometimes wonder if the bust is part of the plan long term, to force wages down 

We call that inflation and deflation

[Roverdose]

why? the 80s were awesome!


i voted Lib dem but overall i like DC, i think no matter who got in there was a royal mess to clean up, no matter who gets in the press are going to shaft them and i think that he absolutely loves his country. i only have 2 major quames with him, 1: why oh why is the ark royal rusting in scotland and 2: why is he selling everything to serco

i did like it that instead of selling arc to the chinese who offered more than the asking price, he chose to sink her off devon. a tragedy but nobody else wants her. Other than that taxes are the fairest they have been for a long time.