From: "Andy Pandy" 
Newsgroups: uk.politics.misc uk.finance
Subject: Re: Gordon Brown shows his contempt for British workers again
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 15:05:59 -0000


"Tim"  wrote in message
news:dmuntf$90f$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> > Fiscal Drag
> >
> > THE pre-budget report could create a new breed of "super taxpayers".
> > By freezing allowances, Brown will drag more people into the
> > higher tax bracket: many of Britain's young families could end up
> > with a marginal tax rate of up to 78 per cent (40 per cent income
> > tax, 37 per cent tax credit and 1 per cent national insurance).
>
> Sounds like a good reason to scrap tax credits?

Absolutely, together with independant taxation and have a decent tax system like
most civilised countries.

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Andy