Saturday 4 December 2010

Anti-Busines Loons quote Moron for spurious justification

One of the saddest tings about the protests against Vodafone and Topshop today is the widespread quoting of Taxtrust. A Union paid researcher who has very little grasp on economics. Tim Worstall has skewered the guy far more eloquently than I ever could, repeatedly and accurately to boot.

Also, the protesters really miss the point, if people are avoiding tax then that is legal - so they should be protesting for changes to the Government tax codes- almost 70% of which is a Labour creation or they should be protesting against the HMRC who they are paying through their taxes (note my generosity here) to fail to collect taxes.

The anti-business mood is getting stronger though, crazed students protesting about the real costs of university funding and loons thinking protesting at Topshop is going to help them when they are holding their hands out for more money.

It does demonstrate how the Left is struggling ideologically after its horrible failures of being in Government left the Country destitute.

10 comments:

Alex said...

Not merely a moron, but also for somebody who pretends to be atax accountant an ignorant one. Green isn't evading any tax on Arcadia shares because he doesn't own any. His wife does and she lives in Monaco. These protesters might as well protest that the other 5 billion p[eople in the world who don't live in the UK also pay no tax in the UK.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if you could have gotten any of the protesters to donate £5 to the government. "Why?" they would ask, "we don't have to". Exactly.

James Higham said...

Also, the protesters really miss the point, if people are avoiding tax then that is legal - so they should be protesting for changes to the Government tax codes ...

That's right. Since when was legal tax avoidance a crime? I always thought it was a duty to one's shareholders.

Steven_L said...

Don't be so naive CU, the public sector unions are doing this in a build up to a big pre-budget demo in London next march against a weak coalition.

They plan, quite literally, to make the UK ungovernable and overthrow the Cam/Clegg government.

Dave Prentice has all but admitted this is his game. I see their propaganda at work every day now.

Laban said...

To be fair, I don't think the protesters are arguing about the legality of what Green's done, but the morality of it. I was surprised the Tories considered him a fit and proper person to advise them in a public role.

Alex - "Green isn't evading any tax on Arcadia shares because he doesn't own any. His wife does and she lives in Monaco."

Don't come the raw prawn. He transfers all his shares to his wife, as he's perfectly entitled to do. I don't think Mrs Green bought them herself or was awarded them for her contributions at board level, and I don't think she was born in Monaco either.

Budgie said...

Isn't it funny how the students failed to protest when Labour introduced tuition fees, then tripled them?

Peter S. said...

Laban, she may not have been born in Monaco but she's entitled to live there - that's all that matters.

Anonymous said...

Throughout all of this I retain just a little shred of hope. Over the last thirty-odd years, Labour has had 7 leaders, including the present incumbent. Of these 7, only one showed himself capable of winning elections; Tony Blair. Winning elections is clearly not Labour's strong point, for which we can all be grateful.

Laban said...

"she's entitled to live there - that's all that matters"

From a legal perspective, you're quite correct. I was talking about the morality, not so much of what the Greens have done, but of a political party who consider it acceptable conduct for a senior Government appointee.

Weekend Yachtsman said...

Anon 09:44 - I like it!

As a general point, I really do not believe that assorted crusties holding out the begging bowls are going to gain much public traction the way things are.

The mood has changed, and they haven't noticed. Nobody cares about their whinging.