tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post8996978584848790582..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Is Boris Johnson Determined to Lose?Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-15267470960710557272019-06-11T19:22:28.781+01:002019-06-11T19:22:28.781+01:00"the UK is paying more tax now than in any ti..."the UK is paying more tax now than in any time of the last fifty years. Still the cry is always send more cash!"<br /><br />As a numeric figure yes, because of the inflationary effects over time. In percentage GDP terms, it's lower now than it was between 1982 and and 1994, which is hardly 50 years ago.chris stileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220270505988683271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-19634661489613035562019-06-11T17:46:02.774+01:002019-06-11T17:46:02.774+01:00well, technically I think it is taking less money ...well, technically I think it is taking less money off the wealthy to pay for the poor.<br /><br />The idea is that with more incentive, people will produce more, and hence net pay more tax.<br /><br />the UK is paying more tax now than in any time of the last fifty years. Still the cry is always send more cash! <br /><br />Perhaps we need a Corbyn/MacDonnell government so you nutters finally realise there isn't some massive pot of gold being kept from you. There is no magic anti-austerity way of improving people's living standards without doing the actual work of generating wealth. Or perhaps not.Dippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-48347155924714993302019-06-11T16:52:12.173+01:002019-06-11T16:52:12.173+01:00Do you think Boris realises that £50k is about how...Do you think Boris realises that £50k is about how much you have to earn to enter the top 10% of earners in this country?<br />Considering he called the £250k per year he is paid for his tawdry weekly Telegraph column "chicken feed", he might be under the delusion that most people are on £50k or more, rather than being a small minority of people.PlebJamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-87772831624262466402019-06-11T08:59:46.400+01:002019-06-11T08:59:46.400+01:00Phil, I'm a South African with limited underst...Phil, I'm a South African with limited understanding of British politics, but I'd have thought that "taking money off the poor to pay the wealthy" was more or less standard British political policy between 1977 and 2011. How's that going to harm Comrade Boris?<br /><br />And, incidentally, is it really going to be good for the Labour Party to have a man who's relatively popular and has a good nose for issues which appeal to Tory voters in charge? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-11433675001177962912019-06-10T22:35:37.931+01:002019-06-10T22:35:37.931+01:00Margaret Hodge and Boris are clearly kindred spiri...Margaret Hodge and Boris are clearly kindred spirits.Shai Masothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452453462950704943noreply@blogger.com