tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post5427145209744734546..comments2023-10-14T13:18:37.330+01:00Comments on angels in marble: Taxation and its Expenditure and Redistribution Comes After a General Elelctionhatfield girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-7446358249183563142009-04-15T18:31:00.000+01:002009-04-15T18:31:00.000+01:00Welcome to the Third World, where only supporters ...Welcome to the Third World, where only supporters of the government can survive.Odin's Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138497698247404499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-10328569609051868782009-04-15T10:59:00.000+01:002009-04-15T10:59:00.000+01:00It's worse than that, Nomad. They're going to hav...It's worse than that, Nomad. They're going to have to sell off things - what is left of the family silver.<br /><br />I would be surprised if roads continued to be free to drive on. Then there is the destruction of the green belts. Most of the former Empire bases were long-leased out decades ago under Wilson but there may be one or two to bring in funds, particularly those that lend spurious legitimacy to claims on distant natural resources.<br /><br />What else is left? Tertiary education sector and spin-off research capacities (but the best are well-defended). <br /><br />Nope, it's got to be the middle-range private sector workers, their savings, their pensions. After all - they're indefensibly privileged, unjustly rewarded for their success in caring for their families and bringing up their children decently.<br /><br />How else can New Labour go to the IMF yet fend off IMF rescue terms?hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-74159283884070890972009-04-15T09:08:00.000+01:002009-04-15T09:08:00.000+01:00HG: Simply send your post as is to the Guardian as...HG: Simply send your post as is to the Guardian as a response - and see if they print it!<br /><br />I agree with Anon that this sounds suspiciously like a softening up, kite flying exercise which Brown/Darling can refer to as responding to and/or fulfilling the wishes of the public when they introduce the appropriate legislation.Nomadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-39258408063659549892009-04-14T16:31:00.000+01:002009-04-14T16:31:00.000+01:00Signed by, in other words, all the usual suspects ...Signed by, in other words, all the usual suspects - many of them employed by fake charities funded by the state to shill for New Labour.<br /><br />Is this a kite-flying exercise for the budget, maybe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com