How can you have “a tax on dead people”, as George Osborne kept on going on about? Yes, you can tax estates. But I’m not worried about my estate being taxed after my death if it pays for decent care in my retirement. Are you?
Why on earth did Osborne quote the salary of the head of Barclays in relation to banks which we, the public, bailed out? Doesn’t he realise that Barclays didn’t receive a penny of public money during the banking crisis?
Classic, loved that photo, made me laugh out loud! Good point on this so called “death tax” too. You may have noticed that he kept pointing out that it was a “death tax on people as they die”, as opposed to those other death taxes that tax people as they’re born….
March 29, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Classic, loved that photo, made me laugh out loud! Good point on this so called “death tax” too. You may have noticed that he kept pointing out that it was a “death tax on people as they die”, as opposed to those other death taxes that tax people as they’re born….
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