Do you support Gordon Brown's stealth taxes and pension fund raids?

Question

Mojo <-- Why are you so obsessed with telling me that I'm obsessed with Gordon Brown? You've got a disease mate.

Answer 1

Words fail me on that stupid , arrogant , apology of a so called man, who can only think with tunnel vision , does not listen to any body else, and who's one aim in life is to make as many people as possible on the bread line, so long as he has lined his pockets, as for being prime minster has England gone mad. for sanity sake please dont vote labour

Answer 2

A true Gentleman - You really are obsessed with Gordon Brown aren't you. Are the Tories paying you a commission or are you just a bid sad?

So we know that you know what you are talking about, could you provide details of your "pension fund raids" allegation?

Karen - "Brown is now recognized as the direct cause of the death of the final salary pension scheme" By whom? I thought it was down to simple economics - more retired people living longer would be too much for the working population to support with a final salary pension scheme. I appreciate you have a massive political chip on your shoulder (see every other answer to post) but try to keep it real please!

Answer 3

Absolutely NOT!!! There have been over 150 stealth taxes...........no doubt there will be more in Wednesday's budget!! As for the Pensions raid,a calculation in October 2006 has found that Brown's predation on pension funds has reduced their value by £100-150 billion. The £100 billion figure is over TWICE the combined deficits of the country's 350 largest companies and Brown is now recognized as the direct cause of the death of the final salary pension scheme. !!!

Answer 4

To be accur8 Brown abolished tax alleviation on business enterprise's contribution to Pensions, as at that factor the industry replaced into buoyant and the contributions from the employers have been anticipated to enhance and earn with out the extra suitable tax divident fillip. because it handed off, he blundered! I presume the extra suitable money flooding the exchequers coffers a minimum of partly went to fund the conflict attempt in Iraq!?

Answer 5

No - a simpler system in itself would benefit everybody, never mind the absolute tax burden.

His stealth taxes and Pension raids must be taken into context - the regulatory burden on business far outstrips these in terms of its impact on the competitiveness of our companies and the lost revenue associated with it.

Taxes on mobility and saving have widespread ramifications for business also, but untying businesses' hands has to take priority for a sustainable economy.

Answer 6

In "the good old days" of the 1970's dentistry, eye care, just to name two, were free. On the other side of the coin, taxation on income went up to 98%. Maggie Thatcher slashed income tax but this was balanced by the enormous number of rich people and companies who moved to the UK - the country actually had a greater tax income with lower taxes!

Ten years of Labour, civil servants retained their fat pension rights because the government didn't want a strike, every town hall has taken on new buildings to cope with the new staff, the overall cost of the infrastructure is drowning us. Suffocating in red tape.

Like most politicians, our revered scottish chancellor is frightened of honesty. Income tax is kept "low" with the standard rate at 22%, but everywhere you turn other taxes have been increased or services taken away to pay for the increasing number of people dependant on the state.

Problems arise because of the tax system, where the poverty trap makes it not worth working below a certain wage level. What we need is a comprehensive overhall of taxation, income tax starting at £10,000 and all state benefits - housing, unemployment, social security for example - all rolled into one.

So now we have closed half the civil service departments, got people out of the poverty trap, encouraged people to work and taken away needless benefits, saving the country billions of pounds and reducing the burden on us all.

Why oh why don't I become a politician? Is it because I am a businessman and understand logic and economics or is it just that I am too honest?

Oh, to answer your question, yes it is appalling to see the increase in indirect taxation. Is doubling the tax on 4X4's going to save the planet or is it a cynical bandwagon move to garner more money?

Answer 7

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
I contend for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket trying to lift himself up by the handle

Answer 8

The only people benefiting from the current Labour schemes are the fat cat politicians. Ripping us off with our eyes wide open. Gordon Brown being the worst of the lot.

Answer 9

No, but we all do nothing about it, that's why they keep ripping us off. All of them wasters sitting in Parliament nodding and wooing!!, why do we need so many costing millions of our money, ganging up for strength to lobby each bill, they are worse than crooks, at least there is a tiny chance of punishing crooks, but all of the MP's are untouchable and getting more wealthy every minutes with all expenses paid by us MUGS,it will get worse, even the Welsh Assembly is following suite and I bet the Scottish Assembly are same. WAKE UP ALL OF US. even if we topple Blair, next one in will rip us off the same.

Answer 10

No - everything about this government is lies and bs. How in the green tax going to help? What are they going to with the money? Give that fat pig Prescott more pies probably.