[Gllug] [OT] Times Article on ABD was Fighting a virus

[David Damerell]

On Monday, 19 Feb 2007, Christopher Hunter wrote:
>Their increasingly desperate attempts to tax everything have resulted in
>a personal tax burden that is amongst the highest in the world.  If you
>pay "higher rate" income tax, when you take into account "National
>Insurance", "Council Tax", fuel duties, VAT and all the rest, you're
>lucky to see 30% of your earnings!

Uh, I'm a higher rate taxpayer, and I see about 2/3 - 3/4 of my salary.
Assuming that every penny then goes on something VATted... no, I can't
even get close to this 30% figure. Perhaps a passing proctologist will
tell us where it comes from.

>The welfare state is all very well, and a laudable idea, but it has been
>taken to the point where roughly 35% of families have NO earned income
>and live entirely on "benefits".

He may be in for a busy day, too.

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