10p tax band

[shaking]

Doing away with the 10p tax band has caused an awful lot of controversy, so why doesn't the Chancellor reinstate it? or is this too simple?

[raysparx1]

Far to simple, what do you expect from people that do not give a monkeys chuff about ordinary people?, all the crap they spout, and now they say they did not realise how many people it would affect by doing away with the 10p tax band, What ? and to think these imbeciles are running the economy, make me puke the whole bloody lot of them are not living in the real world, truth is, they just don't care about working class, tax credits are a joke, never get them right, the more you have the better off you are, I am lucky, I have enough money, many don't and this from a government that is socialist.

[kempie]

New Labour was/is not socialist, although the removal of Tony Blair's influence should see a swing away from his brand of neo-Thatcherism.

[cazzz1975]

The problem is that by making a U turn, it will create a influx of complaints about various taxes ect all wanting to bet overturned.

Bit like the strikes, if they back down to the pressure heaped on by the strikers then people will strike more because they know that there is a chance that the government will back down.

[Doc_Spock]

I am very annoyed about this, I shall not labour again.

[cazzz1975]

I never voted for them in the first place :S

[pastafreak]

I think all money gained by doing away with the tax band is already allocated.....a bit of spend-before-you-earn. So on that basis,a u-turn is too complicated-especially for people who could not have the sense to see the upset they would cause......and now they introduce measures that will only help the very young workers and pensioners. What about the rest of us??? We must be invisible.

[randyraven]

He can't. The economy is in such a state he now needs every penny. An example ...it will cost the goverment at least 5 billion just to deport the illegal imagrants....
He has smashed up the pension system , via his tax imposed a few years ago. The private Public Initative is like a huge loan he has to pay back ...
Boy is this country FCUK'ed.
An example of how -
The us goverment were able to pump 150 billion into the economy in the way of tax cuts , to help in the latest downturn. What has Gordon done ?
Well he is skint , so he raised taxes.

Bring back Thatcher I say. At least she cut my tax from 60% down to 40%.

[cazzz1975]

I have to agree raven, this country is well and truly Fcuked!

[randyraven]

Labour has always been known as high spending ...high taxes goverments. This Labour goverment have been trying to hide the tax rises and delay them.

So how do you like the public services you are being taxed so heavily for ?
NHS = MRSA = Heal the world for free :-)
Schools = Educate the Eastern block for free = Falling standards
Roads ...errr yes
Rail system = Can you afford to take the train ?

My life ...
I dont have children , so I dont care about the education
NHS - Have private cover
Pension = Plan to get out of the UK as soon as possible