Next weeks budget

lil eva · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: Next weeks budget

What would you like to see most in the Budget next week?

Small rise in income tax NO

Small cut in income tax YES

More social services spending YES

Big rise in alcohol tax NO

Big rise in the state pension YES

Major stamp duty review Not bothered

Pound on cigarette pack NO

Big tax breaks for working parents YES

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Pretty Shambolic · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:55 am Post subject:

None of us like to pay income tax, but we live in a very rich and successful country because collectively our tax pays for it.

Personally, the hike in alcohol tax annoys me. Not because I don't want to pay more for alcohol, but because I don't like the tactics the Goverment have used to justify it. By this I mean the extension of opening hours. One minute they're extending opening hours, to try and make Britain more "continental," (EU) which they claim has worked well in reducing drink-related crimes. The next they're raising taxes on alcohol expecting us to believe it's to combat the ever-growing drink-related crime levels! It's obsurd!

It's essentially, yet another hidden tax which allows them to keep income tax at the current rate and control inflation. This in turn makes Labours handling of the economy look exceptional, when in relality, all they've done is raise taxes through hidden charges.

Having said that, I am still very pro-Labour. The Tory leader is an absolute joke, and couldn't run a bath, nevermind a country, and unfortunately he's the only realistic opponent to Gordon Brown. Labour also rescued us from the mess the last Conservative Government left us, which almost sent the country into a recession.

We demand a lot from the Government. Unfortunately none of us are willing to pay the extra taxes needed in order to pay for the improvements we want. Income tax DOES need to go up if we're to improve prisons, policing, the NHS, the road network and everything else people continually complain about. A good starting point would be to leave the EU as we pay a lot more in than we get out, but neither Labour or the Conservatives would ever consider this!

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chimp · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

Bravo · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject: Re: Next weeks budget

lil eva · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject:

Erm looking at it i see what you mean

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