Am I reading too far between the lines?

Question

Or do you also take the following statement as an admission that the amount we pay in tax is not set by the amount the country or society needs to function, but by how much they think they can get away with.

I know the latter is probably true, but this is the first time I've heard a minister state

"taxpayers are reaching the limits of what they are willing to pay"

Full article in the link

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080719/tuk-chancellor-calls-a-halt-to-spending-6323e80.html

Answer 1

History indicates they gradually squeeze until the riots begin. The they offer them some cake or an "economic stimulus package" or even another until they fall back in line. Sometimes they misjudge and face the guillotine or hangman.

Let us start with Phil Gramm and work our way down, if things don't get better quickly.

Answer 2

Looking at your next question, I'd say that even a five-year-old knows the answer to this.

Answer 3

Did you see that movie made by an American.  Stinko or something, anyways, yes it is true.  Until enough people say no like the French we keep paying for very little.

Answer 4

They are about to break their own rules about public borrowing.



And this in the face of a credit crisis where they are telling the rest of us not to borrow but to start saving.

Darling has no idea how this attempt to borrow out of misery will actually work out.

So.........if it all goes pear shaped, he can tell the world that he had no choice but to take this path because he felt that the electorate would baulk at paying more tax.

Then he will stand up in parliment and tell his cronies that it is all our fault.

He's getting out the excuses before the economy falls apart.

Basically, "It wasn't me prime minister, it was those cruel taxpayers. They all hate me and pick on me." (sob)

Answer 5

You have a point.The Chancellor also said in the piece that people are prepared to pay their fair share of tax - and they are.The balancing factor is the social contract - the notion that we consent to be taxed provided it's tax not confiscation and we see some benefit from it.Now that both private and public money is tight that balance is rightly being brought into question.

Whether Mr.Darling will stick to his guns remains to be seen.

Answer 6

It is true.