tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post8928540998528405298..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Lib Dem tax proposals - £10,000 could be a winnerMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-83825006525192188622009-12-11T12:21:53.497+00:002009-12-11T12:21:53.497+00:00I am a Tory and have been proposing this for years...I am a Tory and have been proposing this for years. I especially like the idea that the super rich and non domiciles will pay pay some tax like the rest of us for a change. The only danger is that they will make the properties into 2 nominal flats to avoid the tax.<br /> However if £200 is a bare minimum to live on as this move suggests then how can we justify the bone idle couple with "depression" who live next door to me getting their rent and council tax paid,free school meals,prescriptions,taxi fares, school uniform and trips paid for and £300 a week in benefits. These people are the real problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-32792599025183413952009-12-01T18:35:53.814+00:002009-12-01T18:35:53.814+00:00Its a good move. Only one minor quibble, it does r...Its a good move. Only one minor quibble, it does raise the representation without taxation threshold. However I don' think there would be enough people at the bottom to cause any serious damage.<br /><br />I hear Nick discussing this on the radio and have to say he didn't sound convinced. Has the liberal wing pushed this through against the wishes of statists would would wish to raise taxes at the top end and then use means testing?<br /><br />Mark, didn't the ASI get there first? Maybe that's why Nick didn't sound convinced.Simon Fawthrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519464855839416009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-73335659360623987902009-12-01T17:06:31.843+00:002009-12-01T17:06:31.843+00:00I think the Lib Dems borrowed this one off UKIP, a...I think the Lib Dems borrowed this one off UKIP, actually.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com