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....Or the puppies get it!
Reply 81
Original post by SciFiRory
hmpf, I don't see why we should wait for the Eurozone to fearmonger about it.



:yawn: utter nonsense, it's a very very small tax and frankly I think it is insulting to the voters to try and suggest to them that it would harm this country at all, quite the opposite it will raise revenue which can be invested in the services the public rely on.


It may be very small but it does drive business abroad, take a proper look at what happened to Sweden, they abolished it after 6 years!
Original post by thunder_chunky
Vote Lib Dems!


....Or the puppies get it!


Vote Tory and you vote to kill badgers and foxes.

now we can see their real life coalition pets are in favour of the wanton murder of puppies.

as I have said before, to save cute animals from needlessly being murdered then vote for a party that cares about them and won't endorse such disgusting policies, VOTE SOCIALIST.
Original post by thunder_chunky
Vote Lib Dems!


....Or the puppies get it!


I don't negotiate with terrorists so you just lost my vote. I think I will vote for that independent internetguru he seems like the real deal.
Original post by ukip72
It may be very small but it does drive business abroad, take a proper look at what happened to Sweden, they abolished it after 6 years!


we are not Sweden...and that was several years ago was it not?
Reply 85
Original post by internetguru
I don't negotiate with terrorists so you just lost my vote. I think I will vote for that independent internetguru he seems like the real deal.


Who gets banned frequently
Original post by internetguru
I don't negotiate with terrorists so you just lost my vote. I think I will vote for that independent internetguru he seems like the real deal.


I heard that internetguru chap likes to cover himself in Maple syrup and wander through the woods at night.

Original post by SciFiRory
Vote Tory and you vote to kill badgers and foxes.

now we can see their real life coalition pets are in favour of the wanton murder of puppies.

as I have said before, to save cute animals from needlessly being murdered then vote for a party that cares about them and won't endorse such disgusting policies, VOTE SOCIALIST.


No, socialists kill innocent animals or cook them alive and eat them in a crazy Commie ritual.

Better Orange than red!
Reply 87
Original post by SciFiRory
we are not Sweden...and that was several years ago was it not?


It was several years ago but they oppose EU plans for one now as well. The FTT damaged the Swedish economy and would do the same for the UK but you do not care.
Original post by thunder_chunky

No, socialists kill innocent animals or cook them alive and eat them in a crazy Commie ritual.

Better Orange than red!


:rolleyes: such nonsense.

Original post by ukip72
It was several years ago but they oppose EU plans for one now as well. The FTT damaged the Swedish economy and would do the same for the UK but you do not care.


I don't know the exact details but for one I think the UK economy is pretty different to Sweden's.

edit: also I refer you to JPKC's reply to your post.
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Reply 89
Original post by ukip72
It may be very small but it does drive business abroad, take a proper look at what happened to Sweden, they abolished it after 6 years!


The Swedish attempt failed because of "poor execution", it wasn't a full FTT, which meant that companies could avoid it incredibly easily. Britain is very well placed to implement one, on the other hand, as firstly we have the right regulation governing the area that caused Sweden to lose its trade to European neighbours. Just look at how well our current FTT (yes, we already have one - it's called Stamp Duty) works. The key to making an FTT work is ensuring that it stays more profitable to trade in domestic markets than in overseas places; this is easily achievable if done properly.


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Reply 90
Original post by SciFiRory
:rolleyes: such nonsense.



I don't know the exact details but for one I think the UK economy is pretty different to Sweden's.


It is, given London's position the impact would be worse.
For the Tories:

1. Why do you wish to scrap nuclear arms so much when it is never used, never been needed and costs so much money every year?

2. How will you reform the criminal justice system?

3. Could you explain more about abolishing income tax for the poorest 75% of earners? How many will that be and how much would that take off the annual budget?

4. How does the left "prevent the quenching of freedom?"
Internetguru
QFA


Why have you listed only four topics explained in very general terms?
Original post by thunder_chunky
Why have you listed only four topics explained in very general terms?


Word limit.
Reply 94
Original post by JPKC
The Swedish attempt failed because of "poor execution", it wasn't a full FTT, which meant that companies could avoid it incredibly easily. Britain is very well placed to implement one, on the other hand, as firstly we have the right regulation governing the area that caused Sweden to lose its trade to European neighbours. Just look at how well our current FTT (yes, we already have one - it's called Stamp Duty) works. The key to making an FTT work is ensuring that it stays more profitable to trade in domestic markets than in overseas places; this is easily achievable if done properly.


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If we tax each FT and the Americans don't, it won't be more profitable to trade in the UK will it? Remember most people trading in London are foreign investors who will easily move abroad, only domestic traders will stay in the UK.
Looking at the Liber part about crime reminds of the line from the internet cartoon "Burnt Face Man" that went something like "Crime is a **** that needs wiping." I wish we had used that.

Oh well.

G'night all.


Play nice now.
(edited 11 years ago)
Original post by thunder_chunky
For the Tories:

1. Why do you wish to scrap nuclear arms so much when it is never used, never been needed and costs so much money every year?

On this, because nuclear arms is leading to the decline of conventional wars. How many wars have been fought between nuclear powers? You know, with troops and things, not just diplomatic tension?

We'd do much better scrapping the rest of Defence, keeping nuclear arms, not policing the world, saving a whole load more money.

I don't think that's what the Tories had in mind, though.
Reply 97
Original post by thunder_chunky
For the Tories:

1. Why do you wish to scrap the nuclear abolition so much when it is never used, never been needed and costs so much money every year?

2. How will you reform the criminal justice system?

3. Could you explain more about abolishing income tax for the poorest 75% of earners? How many will that be and how much would that take off the annual budget?

4. How does the left "prevent the quenching of freedom?"


A good question Thunder.

In relation to our support of nuclear weapons, whilst we hope that they are never used we believe that not only is it an effective deterrent but that we should not leave our defense in the hands of others to such an extreme. In terms of cost, over 30 years the cost works out at less than £3bn per year which is a small part of the defense budget.

We believe that the criminal justice is deeply flawed in that it allows people assaulting others to get community service whilst people making derogatory comments on Twitter are sentenced to several years in prison. The main cusp of our reform will come about from changes in sentencing and introducing two categories of crime (the lower category criminals revealing a financial penalty or going to an open prison), leading to a much fairer justice system.

Jarred has the figures for that however we will have no problem in paying for such a reform.

Jarred
QFA


The left have time and again attacked both the civil and economic liberties of individuals in this great nation. Notable examples include the porn bill, the salary cap bill, and the housing bill (note that we view the Liberal Democrats as centrist pragmatists and so this is primarily directed at the extremist parties - Socialist and Labour).
Wrong thread, ****.
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Reply 99
Good luck as a new party.

I would add that NI is already scrapped.

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