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I'm really not that fussed about the whole thing to be honest. It isn't news that rich people do everything they can to avoid tax.

I recognise that too, but when it's someone who is the head of the country & has spouted endless ------ before about cracking down on tax evasion/avoidance then it's a bit different IMO :tongue:

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DiddyDec01

Original post by Inexorably

I recognise that too, but when it's someone who is the head of the country & has spouted endless ------ before about cracking down on tax evasion/avoidance then it's a bit different IMO :tongue:

It wasn't directly him doing it as far as I am aware, it was his late father.

Reply 42

Ladbants

Original post by jblackmoustache

This is the reason why this country is so messed up - The British stiff upper lip. I actually respect people who get out there expressing how they feel rather than these useless people sitting on their arses hating on forums.

Brits need to get out of the stiff upper lip (put up or shut up) mentality. These people have every right to protest.

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Of course they have the democratic right to protest. I'm just saying that they are being idiots since they are never going to make Cameron resign when he has been voted in fairly and has not actually broken any laws. Also, having a stiff upper lip is a good thing- we should be patient and only protest if there is someone we feel really strongly about- around 3/4 of the people protesting today are just there because they think it's a bit of fun over the weekend.

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Rakas21

Original post by LordGaben

[video]https://www.facebook.com/rob1972/videos/10154110453578000/[/video] Lol. Im Not from a economics background but still find this funny

That's the funniest thing i've heard all week.

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Fullofsurprises

Original post by FarageCollage

so there's a guy with an anarchy flag in the crowd
surely david cameron was appealing to an anarchist spirit/civil disobedience by disobeying the law by avoiding taxes though...?
hypocrites

I'm not sure any reasonable description of anarchist politics includes supporting the role of offshore tax havens for the super-rich. :teehee:

Reply 45

FarageCollage

Original post by Fullofsurprises

I'm not sure any reasonable description of anarchist politics includes supporting the role of offshore tax havens for the super-rich. :teehee:

i.e. - henry david thoreau was an anarchist who opposed paying taxes in favour of civil disobedience.

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L i b

Original post by Fullofsurprises

I'm not sure any reasonable description of anarchist politics includes supporting the role of offshore tax havens for the super-rich. :teehee:

There's plenty of anarcho-capitalists who would support that sort of thing. It is peculiar how so-called left-wing anarchists seem to be among the most authoritarian people out.

You could probably find some Objectivists and the like who'd tell you not avoiding tax by every legal method was inherently immoral, as it substituted your responsibility to the state unnecessarily.

Reply 47

HucktheForde

Original post by DiddyDec

No, the difference is that I actually don't care, if I was in their position I would have done exactly the same.

THIS

sums up the real problem with the world, rather than david camerons dad avoiding taxes.

Reply 48

Fullofsurprises

Original post by L i b

I was just saying, it's not likely to be a bedrock principle, I get that various anarchists or people describing themselves as anarchist-influenced are also libertarian towards things like tax collection.