I don’t think this is right for two reasons. Firstly it
means that taxmen can intrude into people’s homes and if they are stopped from
entering the owners can be fined. Also is it right when you have bought an item, which will have some sort of direct or indirect tax attached to itm to tax it again?
I think not.
No wonder then Vince Cable, who is by no means the most sane
out of the nutty Lib Dems, has called the idea ‘whacky’ (at least he has some realisation
on how popular his party is). However this is not so with all important party
members, Tessa Munt MP thinks this is ‘an interesting
idea’ and wants to put it to the vote at the Liberal Democrat conference. Knowing what the Liberals really think about wealth taxes, it has a high chance of
getting through.
Why do the Liberals think that wealth taxes are a good idea? Well it goes back to that famous equality gap between the rich and poor, which of course is a stupid argument because this is a construct and not real money. This idea silly Lib Dem idea was very well put by Simon Hughes and here it is:
So essentially the Liberals want to tax everyone who they perceive
to be ‘rich’. In the weird ideal world of the Lib Dem the definition of rich would also constantly change as the divide would get smaller and smaller with rich and poor becoming poorer and poorer. It is clear that the Lib Dems have no idea that money has a value, which
is what really matters. Poor people need more money not a shorter gap between the
wealth of them and their neighbour. People in poverty don’t take comfort in the
fact that rich people are slightly poorer.
Think again Cleggers.
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