"There are two distinct classes of men in the nation, those who pay taxes, and those who receive and live upon the taxes".
Thomas Paine
So Nick Clegg is talking about ethics when he states it is unethical to avoid paying taxes. So which of the type Tom Paine wrote are you Nick ?
1986-1989 Robinson College Cambridge
Summer 1989 Officer Junior Postpankki Bank Finland
1990-1993 Masters Degree College of Europe
1994-1999 EU Civil Servant
1999-2004 MEP
2005- MP
As a Historian, you are taught to examine the motives and prejudices of the sayings and statements of figures from the past. Nick Clegg- career civil servant and politician states it is unethical not to give vast sums of your money to the State. Hardly breathtaking or suprising is it ?
What is unethical Nick, is what the State does with that money. It invades two sovereign countries and occupies them, it puts future generations in debt by bailing out the Banks instead of forcing them into liquidation and reconstruction, it sucks money out of the productive part of the economy and gives it to the ever growing State sector. Money that would have been used for employing people, for re investment in new machinery, equipment, research and development. That Nick, is unethical. Not allowing 'we the people' any say in how this money is wasted is unethical.
The speed of circulation of money is a sign of the health of an economy as much as blood is to the human body.
Not only is the industrial heart of Britain beating slower through lack of blood, it has a femoral hemorrhage due to the banking bail out, coupled with the vampire attentions of the public services.
Today, Vince Cable the 'Business Secretary' (and former Labour Party member) is going to make another anti business speech to placate the members of the Social Democratic Party in Liverpool. This will again include taxing bank bonuses in a classic case of slamming the stable door shut after the horse has arrived in the next county. Banking bonuses would have not been paid out if those insolvent banks had gone to the wall, those that deserved massive bonuses would have been head hunted by solvent banks and offered terms. In restructuring those insolvent banks as regional banks, new contracts could have been issued precluding bonuses.
After a General Election, we have an administration that seems to want to allow British Industry to bleed to death, whilst politically placating those in 'public service' who are threatening strike action.
Eventually there will be a collapse, or inflation induced by printing more money to keep paying the public sector and its dependents.Productive business will go to other shores. Inflation now that is unethical as it will wipe out savings and pensions.
4 comments:
Good post. Plus the Government doesn't fund anything, it's the Taxpayer that funds programs.
Cable is still a marxist regardless of what he says. Actions speak louder than words.
Also how can it be morally justified to make your own people and companies suffer and yet spend taxpayer's money on two unjustified wars and international aid?
Blimey, he's never had a proper job in his life.
I want my money back !
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