tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post4334054449068847826..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (314)Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-20506570219363225142014-01-29T10:07:15.222+00:002014-01-29T10:07:15.222+00:00P, all countries are run this way and always have ...P, all countries are run this way and always have been since the dawn of time.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-24035629136674473492014-01-26T19:07:22.371+00:002014-01-26T19:07:22.371+00:00Britain is run by, and for the benefit of, the han...Britain is run by, and for the benefit of, the handful of people who own most of it. Once this is understood, everything that happens is explicable as rational behaviour.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-19979347313843429972014-01-26T12:25:35.627+00:002014-01-26T12:25:35.627+00:00B, that's another good riposte.B, that's another good riposte.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-12619317201593480432014-01-26T12:21:33.590+00:002014-01-26T12:21:33.590+00:00A better Killer Argument would be "LVT would ...A better Killer Argument would be "LVT would hit hardest the One Per Cent who run this country and turkeys don't vote for Christmas".Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-56360195822938878942014-01-26T11:16:09.979+00:002014-01-26T11:16:09.979+00:00DBC, and as you point out, it is the Homey Parties...DBC, and as you point out, it is the Homey Parties, corporates and institutions pushing for high taxes on income and low wages, not the 60% themselves.<br /><br />I don't think a sane person would vote for that unless they'd been severely brainwashed for several centuries (which we Brits have been).Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-36387917785886708202014-01-26T11:13:47.109+00:002014-01-26T11:13:47.109+00:00TS, read my original post careful, you will see th...TS, read my original post careful, you will see that I caveated it. I did not refer to ALL wealthy people I referred to a certain sub-category thereof :-)<br /><br />DBC, the Homeys have cornered the market in idiot-friendly slogans. <br /><br />But yours is very good but it should be "or" not "and", surely?.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-41884370711356613522014-01-26T10:19:27.074+00:002014-01-26T10:19:27.074+00:00@MW
In practice the Homeownerist paties (all of th...@MW<br />In practice the Homeownerist paties (all of them bar a very small one) have made a nice little earner out of corralling the 60% and making them accept falls in real wages in return for an unearned capital gains in the value of their houses.Not recognising the tyranny of the 60% + massive corporate and institutional backing will not help.We need an idiot friendly slogan like "You can have high house prices and good wages but not both" DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-17479616829238527632014-01-25T23:58:25.957+00:002014-01-25T23:58:25.957+00:00Mark,
I thought the one percent referred to wealt...Mark,<br /><br />I thought the one percent referred to wealth?Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-387421544674248702014-01-25T21:15:29.995+00:002014-01-25T21:15:29.995+00:00TS, proper businessmen and industrialists, or foot...TS, proper businessmen and industrialists, or football, film and pop stars don't count as The One Per Cent, assuming they are not living off state subsidies or state guarantees. Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-37684148889836584652014-01-25T19:57:21.127+00:002014-01-25T19:57:21.127+00:00and it's not even all of The One Percent. Some...and it's not even all of The One Percent. Someone like Bernard Matthews who had a great big place out in the wilds of Norfolk would be better off. And that's fine by me as that's productive, real job-creating wealth.<br /><br />I've said it before - everyone in politics knows that income tax is broken because everyone in politics recognises that you have to throw tax breaks to video game companies, car makers and film productions* because they're in competition.<br /><br />*if you're filming and require a specific location, the reverse is true. The New York government know they have the only statue of liberty, so will charge you rent for the rights to film near it.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.com