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08-05-2010 07:57 PM |
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Originally Posted by Vicky.
(Post 3218050)
Cant see that happening to be honest, hopefully they surprise me, but I doubt it.
And as for labour, its kind of a case of better the devil you know...
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Yes of course it is, Before Labour won in 1997 Tony Blair initially promised not to raise Income Tax, he then went even further to state "We have no plans to increase taxes at all."
In 2005 the Institute of Fiscal Studies published a report stating that since Labour were elected and up until 2005 they had introduced 157 stealth taxes.
An example of a Stealth Tax would be: when VAT was temporarily reduced to 15%, Chancellor Darling added 2% duty to fuel to offset the reduction in tax collected from motorists. Now that VAT has been increased to 17.5% again, this hidden tax has not been removed - hence recent rises in fuel costs at your local pump.
The term stealth tax has really only been used since Labour were elected in 97.
So you prefer to being blatantly lied to and robbed blind by Labour?
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