If I was in his position, and someone offered me a completely legal way to keep most of my money, I'd take it.And if you wouldn't, then you're clearly a better man than either of us will ever be.
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Captain Howdy,
Thu 21 Jun 2012, 13:15,
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it's quite clever of cameron reallypublicly shame a few well known names into sorting out their tax while leaving the loopholes open so his mates can keep their low tax rates.
Requires almost zero effort from him, diverts attention elsewhere and bizarrely he looks like the good guy
(Requires almost zero effort from him, diverts attention elsewhere and bizarrely he looks like the good guy
VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex,
Thu 21 Jun 2012, 13:19,
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The pendulum is definitely going to swing back on him, at some point.And the sooner the smug bastard gets knocked off his moral perch, the better.
( Captain Howdy,
Thu 21 Jun 2012, 13:23,
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I'm hoping he's walked into a trap.By declaring it immoral, he's going to have to justify the behaviour of his friends and family (and the fact he is doing nothing to close the loophole).
It's a popular story - hopefully the Times will run with it and name and shame MPs next.
(It's a popular story - hopefully the Times will run with it and name and shame MPs next.
monkeon schmonkeon,
Thu 21 Jun 2012, 13:30,
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soon as they pulled the "there are some civil servants on several hundred thousand barely paying tax" lark I knew that something was upThere's a lot of folks on under 20K a year exploiting tax loopholes, I suspect these are the real targets of all this OMG TAX brainwashing.
And yes, if I had an income of 2 million a year and I could pull only paying 100K in income tax, I'd do it.
(And yes, if I had an income of 2 million a year and I could pull only paying 100K in income tax, I'd do it.
discomeats This canoe,
Thu 21 Jun 2012, 13:42,
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I agree.Very few people would choose to pay more tax than they have to, especially if they know that other people in their position do not.
I don't even really see Jimmy as a hypocrite for taking the piss out of a system whilst benefiting from it - he may still believe the loophole needs to be closed.
That recent Stephen King "tax me" letter got it spot on with regards to why individuals acting morally cannot do much.
(I don't even really see Jimmy as a hypocrite for taking the piss out of a system whilst benefiting from it - he may still believe the loophole needs to be closed.
That recent Stephen King "tax me" letter got it spot on with regards to why individuals acting morally cannot do much.
monkeon schmonkeon,
Thu 21 Jun 2012, 13:27,
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He's being shamed into doing something he doesn't want to do - which is to apologise for doing absolutely nothing wrong.And David Cameron seems remarkably keen to repeat his rabbit-in-the-headlights moment at the Leveson inquiry, when he realised his entire political career was under very close scrutiny, and decided the best way out of it was to look flustered and sip more water than any innocent man ever would.
( Captain Howdy,
Thu 21 Jun 2012, 13:54,
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