Originally posted by minestrone
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They should have paid around £3 bln in corp tax - 6 years of that single bank paying what is due would have fully financed High Speed 2 to Birmingham without having to need to plan it being ready by 2026 - this could have been done 10 years earlier.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostThey should have paid around £3 bln in corp tax - 6 years of that single bank paying what is due would have fully financed High Speed 2 to Birmingham without having to need to plan it being ready by 2026 - this could have been done 10 years earlier.Comment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostWe might have had enough money to fund that if we were not paying benefits to immigrants.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostIf I go into a shop and ask for a can of coke and the shop keeper asks for 60 pence should I have to pay 80 pence if someone shouts from the back of the shop 60 pence is too cheap?Politicians are wonderfull people, as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, like working for a living!Comment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostThe blunt argument is that they have paid what has been expected of them to pay.
If I go into a shop and ask for a can of coke and the shop keeper asks for 60 pence should I have to pay 80 pence if someone shouts from the back of the shop 60 pence is too cheap?
The tax rules are there, we all know that, to say that they are somehow cheating the system is total piffle.
Regardless of whether you think banks are good or bad (personally I think they are criminals, as has been proven in many courts in many countries), the main issue I have with this is that, thanks to this smokescreen, the government gets a free pass on the issues at hand, namely regulation, supervision, and (in this case) tax law."A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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That's because there is a strong public belief that the deficit is solely and completely down to the banks.
Never mind the fact that the government were overspending since 2003 - long before we'd ever heard of sub-prime.
The banks had/have a large part to play in the crisis, but the true blame probably lies 50/50 with the previous government. However the left have managed to convince the majority that the blame ratio is 99/1 (and they won't even fully admit to the "1"). Fantastic marketing, it has to be said, because so many have been suckered by it.
But that means that every single government cut is being blamed completely on bankers.Comment
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