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26 Aug 09

It takes a vindictive mind to tax a view

Bryan Forbes wants to know why he is to be penalised for living in a nice house with a tennis court and a partial view of a lake. We are mugs to have let things get this bad

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26 Apr 09

Simon Jenkins: Any fool can raise a tax. But it takes a gutless one to splurge it on this stuff

The ­reason why the Stratford Olympics stands proud is that its cost is gigantic and devoid of any purpose beyond chauvinist bombast. Even that could have been won at a fraction of the price. The sum of £9bn is the entire yield of the new 50% marginal tax rate between now and 2012. As they sign their cheques to the Inland Revenue, the rich can reflect that in three years' time every penny taken from them will have vanished in the fireworks. Put another way, the extra revenue from petrol, drink and cigarettes between now and 2012 will barely cover the cost of the games.

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11 Dec 08

Matthew Norman: It takes a rich man to pour such scorn on the poor - Matthew Norman, Commentators - The Independent

What stinks worse than the idea is the tone. From the pious, cruel-to-be-kind brayings of the Freud-Purnell pantomime donkey, every word emanating from the rear end, they seem confused into thinking that the jobless have a lesser stake in this society tha

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