The Statist threat....
18 February 2013
...to our freedom is epitomised by the latest wheeze from the LibDems, a tax on wealth.
...to our freedom is epitomised by the latest wheeze from the LibDems, a tax on wealth.
This is a mad idea that would give draconian powers to HMRC to intrude on our privacy and enter our homes.
Do not imagine you will be immune to such intrusions because you think that you have assets of under £2m or whatever level is set. We have seen how anti-terror laws have been abused in the recent past.
This tax and these powers if, by some perversion of democracy, they came into force, would mark the beginning of the end to our freedom. No longer will 'an Englishman's home be his castle'. The authorities will be able to enter our homes and intrude at will. They will claim, quite rightly, that anyone even living in a small terraced house, could have £2m of undeclared assets and use that as an pretext to gain entry for whatever purpose. I know people with assets of that value and more, living in very modest properties.
The Statist thirst for more centralised power is a threat to every man woman and child in this country. Their 'need' for more tax revenues is an excuse to extend their power. These people think they know better than us how we should live our own lives.
The problems we have in this country stem from the irresponsible spending and borrowing of government. They need to curb their buying of votes and not threaten our freedoms in this way.
- I think they my be after undeclared wealth Barry
Lots of people especially Asians don’t use banks there wealth is in gold
At home and in deposit boxes
In order for the government to stop borrowing and squandering people need to pay there tax’s,
At what level that’s a different story - Keith - this is about the draconian powers being proposed that would threaten all of us in order to impose a new tax. There are no requirements on any of us to declare what we own and quite rightly too.
For the government to stop borrowing and squandering they must get their spending down to sensible levels not damage our freedoms and damage the economy with more and more taxation. - spending down to sensible levels
So what should stay and what should go Barry ,do you agree governments need to pay for some things and the only way to do this is from tax ?
You never say what should be cut and by how much - Keith - I have many times given examples of what needs to be cut - the excessive benefit state created by Brown for one must go.
I draw the line in cuts in one place only - Defence, we spend far too little there and that only must be protected. - If you cut benefits without returning the jobs that have been exported to the third world you risk political revolution
Your man Dave is in India to day opening the doors for more UK production to move away from the UK
You will probably say we can sell to them , this will not happen Barry.
They will not be buying from us as they can produce more cheaply for there domestic markets with all the slave labour they have - bit of a non story quite frankly, the yellows know they will be leaving the cobbled together government soon so they need to appeal to their core support with something that they will like and also distance themselves from the blues.
- A non story?
Howard, it is always a story if one of the major parties brings forward policies that would be deeply damaging to our freedoms and the economy if enacted. Such craziness must be exposed. The horror story for this country would be a Lib/lab government bringing in this kind of thing, Labour are even mad enough to copy it as well.
Keith B - you worry about nothing. Read Hayek and Friedman, the answers to your worries are there. I have said before protectionism would be a cure worse than the disease. History tells us that. Think outside the box and open your mind - some mixed metaphors there for you!!!!!!! - stick by my post barry a red/yellow coalition will not happen. the next election will be decided by the effect ukip have on the blue vote.
the reds are clueless and rudderless and will say as little as possible, just relying on their core vote hoping that the split vote of the blues and ukip give them a majority. - Such complacency Howard.
- We can always emigrate. 15 Effingham Crescent would look great in Costa Rica.
The defence of the realm, or the protection of our country, or the security of our borders, or the preservation of our way of life, or the safety of us all as we go about our daily lives 'is' the paramount duty of Government. So...the defence budget is the one area upon which we should not stint. Yet, we have Income Tax, a Tax brought in to finance war. Tax should be simplified, flat rate, and low, low! (Low being so crucial it gets mentioned twice.)
One could say that an 'Englishman's Castle', and the preservation of same, is the very reason we have taxation at all.
I have seen the headlines, "heirloom tax" etc. it is hardly more incongruous than income tax on tips, but not upon the 'carry' of Hedge Fund Managers, or the many other foibles of our historic tax system. HMRC could of course, cross reference with the home contents insurance sector, which would save on the wear and tear to front doors and jambs that seems to be the bug-bear above. In any case there will be much fun to be had over this (non)issue, I wonder what else we will not be talking about while all this goes on?