tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post5925984920563897214..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: "However much Gordon wraps it up, its still a Tax Bombshell"Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-31002736120714739212008-11-26T10:02:00.000+01:002008-11-26T10:02:00.000+01:00Glyn,£20,000 £2 a year increase.Yes or no?Simple a...Glyn,<BR/><BR/>£20,000 <BR/><BR/>£2 a year increase.<BR/><BR/>Yes or no?<BR/><BR/>Simple answer.Sweet and Tender Hooliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547500394164348186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-34484347448984917392008-11-25T23:44:00.000+01:002008-11-25T23:44:00.000+01:00s and t hooligan - and what has this got to do wit...s and t hooligan - and what has this got to do with the price of parsnips. By your logic, a cut in income tax would have virtually no benefit on the same person.<BR/><BR/>The point I was making is that the Governmet leaked the tax increase to 45%, (which is not hugely unpopular) in order to hide a big increase in NIC (which is income tax in all but name, and is widely seen as a tax on jobs). This was tactically foolish, because it gave George Osborne, who is a very bright operator, an open goal.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-54143548209209875882008-11-25T17:44:00.000+01:002008-11-25T17:44:00.000+01:00"from their much larger increase in NIC"Glyn, simp..."from their much larger increase in NIC"<BR/><BR/>Glyn, simple question, simple answer.<BR/><BR/>Annual Salary = £20,000<BR/><BR/>NIC increase means £2 more year. <BR/><BR/>Yes or No?<BR/><BR/>I mean, fair enough, attack the report to death, it has plenty of faults, but you are scaremongering.Sweet and Tender Hooliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547500394164348186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-63477940930773643722008-11-25T00:48:00.000+01:002008-11-25T00:48:00.000+01:00Pigeon man - Yes, but it will fail.Wilted Rose - I...Pigeon man - Yes, but it will fail.<BR/><BR/>Wilted Rose - Its not even going to raise much. It was just a gimmick to divert our attention from their much larger increase in NIC.<BR/><BR/>tojoevans - And Alistair Darling repeated it ad nauseum in his speech todayGlyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-80859277858859401372008-11-24T20:58:00.000+01:002008-11-24T20:58:00.000+01:00On yesterday's Politics Show Gordon Brown said...On yesterday's Politics Show Gordon Brown said, on at least three if not four occasions, that the present crisis started in America. Will someone please tell him that Nothern Rock and Bradford & Bingley are in the UK and UK owned!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290637404736727150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-28154965623123396862008-11-24T14:25:00.000+01:002008-11-24T14:25:00.000+01:00Now we hear of this new 45p ta band.Brown thought ...Now we hear of this new 45p ta band.<BR/><BR/>Brown thought his 10p tax abolition was such a wonderful policy and it came back to bite him.<BR/><BR/>The same is true of 45p. It might be a spun as a tax on the "rich", though my definition of the rich would be at least £1M - not £100K - but after they've paid tax, their mortgage and all the rest, there's not a lot left. This is just Labour's old class warfare raising its head again.Armchair Sceptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700172701458170654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-44696472136814878542008-11-24T04:11:00.000+01:002008-11-24T04:11:00.000+01:00Is the Prime Minister willing to gamble away the h...Is the Prime Minister willing to gamble away the health of the nation for one more hour in power?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com