tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post14700182546705564..comments2024-03-08T15:43:20.236+00:00Comments on Keynesian Liberal: TrussonomicsPeter Wrigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-63215926819974845612022-10-04T20:34:49.422+01:002022-10-04T20:34:49.422+01:00Even if you're right about 39%, we're stil...<i>Even if you're right about 39%, we're still below France and Italy</i><br /><br />Italy? Your preferred economic model is <i>Italy</i>?!?!<br /><br /><i>Re the Green Belt, the NIMBYS in the salubrious suburbs done' seem to take your relaxed view.</i><br /><br />Well, lots of people disagree with me. Or, to phrase it slightly differently, 'are wrong'. <br /><br /><i>and I would want to retain the the tiny amount of "urban green space" we still have in our built up area.</i><br /><br />'Urban green space' within a built-up area is very different from 'green belt'. Do you know which you are actually talking about?<br /><br /><i>I want to live in a society at ease with itself, where health, care and education are properly finance d and there is a generous safety net for those who for whatever reason can't earn a decent income. And I'm prepared to pay for it.</i><br /><br />I want to live in a free society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-52738734572776810992022-10-04T19:09:45.536+01:002022-10-04T19:09:45.536+01:00Not anonymous, but blog author Peter Wrigley.
E...Not anonymous, but blog author Peter Wrigley. <br /><br />Even if you're right about 39%, we're still below France and Italy and, I suspect, still around the OECD average.<br /><br />Re the Green Belt, the NIMBYS in the salubrious suburbs done' seem to take your relaxed view. and I would want to retain the the tiny amount of "urban green space" we still have in our built up area.<br /><br />I want to live in a society at ease with itself, where health, care and education are properly finance d and there is a generous safety net for those who for whatever reason can't earn a decent income. And I'm prepared to pay for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-7327369313572737142022-10-03T13:04:46.115+01:002022-10-03T13:04:46.115+01:00UK 33.3%
How many times do I have t...<i>UK 33.3%</i><br /><br />How many times do I have to tell you? That figure is <i>out of date</i>. The current figure is 39%, which is very definitely in 'high tax' territory. The old, 33.3% figure, put us in the 'medium tax' band, so, as we ought to be aiming to be a low tax country, we were clearly moving in the wrong direction.<br /><br /><i>exploit scarce resources (eg green belt land)</i><br /><br />Green belt land isn't scarce! There's load of the stuff, and most of it is crappy scrubland sitting there uselessly doing no good to anyone. this image of 'green belt land' as rolling meadows or lush parkland that it would be a shame to build on is just wrong.<br /><br /><i>If we don't then there are harmful obstacles to the free-flow of trade</i><br /><br />There's no obstacles to the free-flow of trade from our side. If the EU wants to harm itself by erecting such obstacles, then that's up to them. But such obstacles always harm the erector more than anyone else. <br /><br />Sadly, it seems like Truss was unable to get her MPs to back her for even the tiniest change to the tax system, one that would not even have been a rounding error in getting that 39% down to a more reasonable value. They, like you, seem to have given up on Britain and decided that the correct path to take is one of managed decline. Quite, quite tragic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-35164616520519424222022-10-02T19:34:02.626+01:002022-10-02T19:34:02.626+01:00In the hands of the ERG Tufton St and others who w...In the hands of the ERG Tufton St and others who wish radical change (for the worst).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com