frizzers Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 "Our system of tax is too complicated. Our tax code is 11,000 pages long. That is too long. By about 10,990 pages I'd say. It makes blunders and fraud inevitable. But it's worse than that. Our system of tax is immoral, it is inconsistent and it creates inequality. So I am simplifying it. Here's how. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/autumn-statement-2013-what-george-osborne-should-have-said-8985921.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbubb Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Makes sense I am enjoying The Book btw - about halfway through, and there are many good ideas in it. I liked this part: Chapter.4: LIFE AFTER the State Why your family is getting smaller : The Unspoken Truth===US : 1.8 children / UK : 1.7 children > MONEY is the reasonCosts over GBP 222,000 to raise a child, $235,000 in the USAFamilies when many children likely to be poor because:/ ONLY Those families on benefits can have many children /Middle Class families pay big taxes, so have fewer childrenThe State taxes the responsible Middle Class >> the irresponsible One Group sees limits, so another group can have more childrenSOLUTIONS: cap benefits, others want sterlizationNOW : we are growing a large class of benefit dependents.Without benefits, the group would shrink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbubb Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Autumn statement: George Osborne refuses to ease austerity plans The Guardian 15 hours ago Written by Larry Elliott George Osborne is relying on the Bank of England and Britain's resurgent housing market to deliver strong growth in the runup to the 2015 general election after he spurned the chance to use a surprise pick-up in the economy this year to ease the ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perishabull Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 "Why should the individual worker pay more tax than the company?" Yes I would love Mr Osbourne to explain that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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