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Subject: Re: SKY News - Darling Solves 10p Tax Problem. Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2008 09:21:01 +0100

"Col" wrote in message
news:4829e699$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>
> "allan tracy" wrote in message
> news:1ab32640-6dba-4275-8bf2-8aae566d2e0b@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
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>> .... by borrowing.
>
> How else would they do it, tax the rich?
> Then you'd be saying that Old Labour was rearing it's ugly
> head and their baser instincts were showing through at last.
>
> This whole 10p fiasco has been a Government disaster
> completely of their own making. They say they have been
> 'listening' to the concerns over this, but that's only really
> because of the plummeting opinion polls. But ultimately
> that's how politics works, if they thought they could get
> away with it, they would.
>
> And on the Tories side, they have been pressing for a
> solution to this for weeks, and the moment they provide
> one, they are accused of a U-turn. Again, that is how
> politics works. They are programmed to criticise the
> Government *whatever* they do.
>
> Each side instinctively knows that had the roles been reveresed
> they would have behaved in exactly the same way towards each other.
> --
> Col
>
> Steal a spaceship and head for the sun,
> Shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
>

The funniest thing, is that if they had left the tax system alone, I
wouldn't be bothered, But now by tinkering with it, and making such a song
and dance about it, I am going to notice if I am even 1p light next month.
And you know who I'll blame it on.