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Originally Posted by Hugh
Which vote was it that Labour and the SNP defeated the Government on?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35877442
Osborne dropped the disability cuts due to the rebellion in his own party, including IDS's resignation, rather than due to anything Labour/SNP did, but happy to be proven wrong, as it might mean there is an active and effective opposition. |
I didn't say it was a vote. Lavour and the SNP along with Tory rebels made him think again. Labour and SNP spoke up in the Commons saying they would not support him on the cuts hence by making him think again they defeated him.
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
You can keep thinking that but I'm pretty well off and I've seen no tax cuts worth cheering about. Plenty of tax hikes though. I feel like the country is being run by a left wing government, not the conservatives.
HMRC are being allowed to run around acting like bully boys, breaking their own rules, threatening and using underhand tactics to try to extract more tax from the well off.
It's got so bad that I'm going to sell half of my assets to pay off the other half (wiping out my debts/mortgages) so that I can downscale my work/income to just below the higher rate tax level because I feel like I'm running to stand still.
Screw 'em. I'm going to earn less so that I don't have to pay what feels like punitive levels of tax. It's that or sell up and emigrate.
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No one can blame you for feeling like that. You are the exception to the rule. It's the top 1% they should be going after and those companies who profit in the UK but pay no, or very little tax.
I personally have nothing against a person who has made themselves by pure hard work and I wish them health to spend their wealth. What angers me is those who inherit and think the world owes them a living - Those born with a silver spoon in their mouth who wouldn't know a hard day's work if it jumped up and bit them on the arse.
However, if this country was run by a proper left-wing Government you would see a much fairer distribution of the country's wealth.