The Office for National Statistics have issued some "facts". Their spin is that "while some multi-millionaires pay less tax than the rest of us, it seems most cough up their share." Official government figures show that 72% of those who earned £10m-plus in 2010/11 paid tax at a rate of 40%. 12% paid tax at [...]
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Do millionaires pay enough tax?
Posted: 23rd April 2012 by Martyn in Bankers, Capitalism - the End, Democracy - the End, Tax TalkTags: 2010, government, National Statistics
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Why has Labour taken a significant lead in the polls and can they sustain it?
Posted: 28th March 2012 by Martyn in Britain - the great, Capitalism - the End, Democracy - the End, Ed Miliband, Labour Successes, Left of Center Politics, Mushroom Theory, PMQs: The Dormitory Bun Fight, Politics, Tax Talk, Tory LiarsTags: CON, Conservative Party, cost, Dormitory Bun Fight, economy, fact, government, Granny Tax, LAB, Labour, Labour Party, LDEM, News Corp, SO, Sun, Trade Unions, US, Whether Labour
Has Ed got it right? Can the man who the Conservative media are at great pains to paint as a poor leader be manoeuvring Labour into a winning position? Or are the Tories shooting themselves in the foot now, then hoping they can reap the benefits later? As of today Labour are ten points clear [...]
So, why are the Tories setting a minimum alcohol price?
Posted: 23rd March 2012 by Martyn in Capitalism - the End, Coalition Madness, Tax Talk, Tory LiarsTags: Daily Mail, government, Public Health
An interesting proposal, this one: the idea that setting the price of a unit of alcohol at 40p per unit will somehow deter the binge drinkers is completely risible. And the evidence that pricing affects consumption is not unchallenged, unless it reaches the point where it is no longer affordable. So, what is the real [...]
Samoa extend the lives of their citizens
Posted: 30th December 2011 by Martyn in Merry Christmas and a happy new year, New Year resolutions, Satire and HumourTags: American Samoa, Australia, Cardiff, day, Doctor Who, France, game, GMT, government, hand, Hugo Chavez, International Date Line, New Zealand, Paris, Prime Minister Tuila, Sailele Malielegaoi, Samoa, SO, Western Europe
In an amazing scientific experiment, Samoa’s government has extended the lives of their citizens, made 0.273972602739726% of their population a whole year younger and given a large section of their population a day’s pay for absolutely nothing. Now this is what I call government action. By the simple expedient of moving the international dateline a [...]
Why should the BBC pay its own way?
Posted: 10th July 2010 by Martyn in Britain - the great, Capitalism - the End, Digital Britain, Industrial Relations, Mushroom Theory, PoliticsTags: BBC, bbcbroadcastinghouse, British Gas, British Telecom, Broadcasting House, Building Societies, caption, cost, day, does-bbc-pay-for-programmes, government, happy, Internet, Internet Advertising, ITV, Licence Fee, lie, SKY, TV, who-get-the-most-revenue-sky-or-bbc1
There’s an idea being floated in the ranks of power that the BBC should be made to pay its own way. The concept is that through its own endeavours, the BBC should fund its activities and perform as a commercial organisation would have to. I disagree and I’ll tell you why. If the BBC had [...]