Dogmatic Fiddling while Rome burns

[Peoplesoft bloke]

There's a story in this morning's Torygraph about the abolition of the 50p tax rate and the desire to fire anyone anytime. These are dogma, not the answer to a major economic meltdown. The unfair dismissal time limit has been moved back and forward each time there's a change of government - daft - it's like kids in a playground.

According to Sir Bufton-Tufton the 50p tax rate is daft because it doesn't raise any cash - in which case it doesn't make a scrap of difference if it's there or not.

[Arturo Bassick]

According to Sir Bufton-Tufton the 50p tax rate is daft because it doesn't raise any cash - in which case it doesn't make a scrap of difference if it's there or not.

Do you really need that explained?

It doesn't raise any cash because most who are exposed to it are smart enough to take measures to avoid it. A less punitive regime would render the avoidance methods pointless and so more tax would be raised even at a lower rate.

[minestrone]

According to Sir Bufton-Tufton the 50p tax rate is daft because it doesn't raise any cash - in which case it doesn't make a scrap of difference if it's there or not.

You really are not that clever are you?

[Jeebo72]

Do you really need that explained?

It doesn't raise any cash because most who are exposed to it are smart enough to take measures to avoid it. A less punitive regime would render the avoidance methods pointless and so more tax would be raised even at a lower rate.

I'm amazed at how many people don't get this...

[DimPrawn]

Sadly another cretinous CUK socialist forum member who hasn't a clue.

[Mich the Tester]

There's a story in this morning's Torygraph about the abolition of the 50p tax rate and the desire to fire anyone anytime. These are dogma, not the answer to a major economic meltdown. The unfair dismissal time limit has been moved back and forward each time there's a change of government - daft - it's like kids in a playground.

According to Sir Bufton-Tufton the 50p tax rate is daft because it doesn't raise any cash - in which case it doesn't make a scrap of difference if it's there or not.

Then Sir Burton-Tufton is wrong. The 50p tax rate raises huge mountainous tuliploads of dosh. For accountants.