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Old 16-03-2009, 11:25   #46
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Re: Plans for minimum alcohol price

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Originally Posted by richard1960 View Post
He meant direct taxes ie income tax which has actually seen a reduction on the basic rate,not indirect taxation ie vat and the like.
Oh right - so why didn't he just say that then?...

Why didn't someone as honest and articulate as Bliar simply say they were not going to increase rates of income tax but were going to increase taxes on virtually everything else plus dream up a whole load more things to tax so that the overall tax burden would in fact be higher under New Labour?....
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