Blair's speech
Was the usual clap-trap, as far as I can see, with his new lie about Iraq being given a good outing. One piece which might have been missed by most, but I found quite interesting, was where he said in criticising the Lib Dems:And they believe you can get an extra £30 billion in tax in one Parliament just from top-rate taxpayers
An extra £30bn, it's just not possible! Well actually in 2000/2001 higher rate taxpayers contributed £47bn in income taxes, whilst in 2003/2004 they contributed £63bn. Or a £16bn increase in 3 years just from higher rate taxpayers. Scale this up for five years and you get £27bn. And without raising higher rate tax!
posted by Matthew @ 9/28/2004 03:39:00 PM
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