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what it all reminds me of most is the introduction of the minimum wage, and the dire predictions from vested parties But that all turned out pretty well and no-one would scrap it now would they? jazzer man - walk away from the weird websites you spend too long on. It's kinda weird -
You don't half spout some nonsense. It's not a tax dodge. They inherited it, do you grasp the concept of what that means? And yes, I agree you are a labour or should that be liebour cheer leader. So when you inherit a property or business of some wealth, you'll happily give HMRC 40% of what its worth above the threshold, Why should ANYONE have to pay inheritance tax when the original owner has already paid tax on it. Inheritance tax is a death tax, it's taxing the dead for their estate, a wholly and utterly wrong Law. When their is no food in the shops, you're view will change. -
And no mention of hippy chicks either. A well done to anyone who gets that reference. Get orrff my land. -
It's nothing to do with being a cheerleader for labour - it's about starting to address some of the problems inherent in the economy. Many many many other essential groups of people have contributed fair share or had industries eliminated before so it's not some attack on Farmers "If 500 farms sell off 20% of their land each year (the PMs estimate on the back of a Rizla paper) then how long before we lose large chunks of farm land "? "As for giving away land, sure providing they live 7 years afterwards " - is that so unlikely? Of the 500 farms in the example, how many would this help? Most I'd say I just haven't seen anything like the same "but what about the nurses/the police/the miners" as I have about the farmers - it's quite extraordinary
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