tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post1235974648784650325..comments2023-10-01T16:53:17.274+01:00Comments on Cicero's Songs: True ColoursCicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-3893948357916238072007-08-21T11:21:00.000+01:002007-08-21T11:21:00.000+01:00Significant revenue? £4 billion. Sounds a lot does...Significant revenue? £4 billion. Sounds a lot doesn't it. You know well in the vast ocean of Govt expenditure it is no more than a drop. You also ignore that other measures are there to claw back revenue in less arbitrary ways. Two other points you might like to consider for class. One very few of your bogey men super rich ever suffer this tax, an army of lawyers and tax accountants see to that. Those who did get hit are the likes of the elderly who say thirty years ago settled in a quiet corner of London/South East and have seen the housing market explode. Or in an even bigger travesty as we've seen farmers whose income maybe small, but are forced out of their chosen way of life instead of inheriting the farm because of the value of the land as a building area for houses instead of a working farm. Perhaps you are advocating the elimination of such Kulaks I don't know. <BR/><BR/>Secondly Cicero the Tories are not a think tank there to produce policies for the Govt to cherry pick years in advance like the Lib Dems. They are the opposition outside of GE campaigns their primary brief is to hold the Govt to account for their policies. When GE campaign starts they assume a new mantle prospective Govt. Only then are the public expecting a manifesto. Until then if they are testing policy by cold measured debate to get it absolutely right, instead as so often happens with Govt using trial and error I see no need for apologies.<BR/><BR/><BR/>LepidusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com