Budget

[Bobsy]

Is anyone surprised that the Tories want to cut taxes for the rich and benefits for the poor ?

[ToraToraTora]

thax YMB will the ED still not let you have an avatar?

[mikey4444]

TTT....the cuts have now been abandoned, mainly due to opposition to them from Tory MPs.

[ToraToraTora]

so what were they going to be?

[New Judge]

The idea was to tighten the assessment criteria used for the payment of “Personal Independence Payments”. This explains it better than I can:

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-18/explainer-who-will-be-affected-by-cuts-to-disability-benefits/

[Gavmacp]

What I don't understand is why when assessing someone's ability or disability do they not liaise with the persons GP? A form geared to getting the 'right' result and an interview with someone that doesn't even work in that field is not a fair assessment.

[mikey4444]

gav...they just want to save money, that's all.

[Gavmacp]

To me it is very Monty Pythonesque, which I normally would laugh at the absurdity of it all, but can't. Why do the tories always become the nasty party?

[DTCwordfan]

Sorry, but cut the top rate of tax and the Government take goes up.....ditto the corporation tax I bet....especially if they tighten up the loopholes.

Number 1 for me would be to switch rates into a sales tax - no avoidance of that - and a tax for green development as to new land for retail or commerical being used - encourage grey land already there in our towns.

[ToraToraTora]

so as far as I can tell people were annoyed at not getting paid for stuff they have already! surprised there is not a riot!

[mikey4444]

Gav...because they ARE the Nasty Party, at least that is the perception according to Mrs May. and she should know.

[mikey4444]

DTC...you have been a bit quiet recently !

I shall be in Cornwall over the Easter !

[ToraToraTora]

plenty of places to cut costs mikey, big ones. Stop giving cash to WSS and foreigners, for a start. Then their is your beloved EU.

[mikey4444]

Well, I am sure that Osborne will think of something, and very soon, because his whole Budget is in disarray. He faces defeat in the Commons...tomorrow I think.

[ToraToraTora]

"I shall be in Cornwall over the Easter ! " - have you got a Visa?

[DTCwordfan]

I may be in London, mikey - back Easter Monday or Tuesday.....don't know yet.....

[DTCwordfan]

correct, TTT, undesirables like Trump not welcum.

[Old_Geezer]

Direct taxation is the only equitable moral taxation. To tax the same money yet again on spending is an anathema to any fair minded individual. Done properly I suspect the idea that a lower rate brings in more tax would prove to be untrue.

[mikey4444]

TTT...my annual Visa charges are paid by my vast consumption of their Gross National Product...pasties !

[DTCwordfan]

and does it show???

[DTCwordfan]

willy is not a yorkie but a resident of Britannica Secundia......