tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post6018551338252211548..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Ditch the alcohol duty escalatorChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-87324527627946428912013-12-20T07:39:23.448+00:002013-12-20T07:39:23.448+00:00The problem is that if you reduce the tax on booze...The problem is that if you reduce the tax on booze (or petrol, fags, etc.) the gubberment will have to raise tax elsewhere to make up the shortfall..<br /><br />So the real issue is not that we are being taxed too much but that the gubberment is pissing too much of our money away every year...<br /><br />Campaigns like this allow the gubberment to make small concessions (reducing green taxes, 1p off beer, etc.) while simply taking the money from elsewhere.Barmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447854731015370342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-51169394818752768282013-12-19T19:49:49.277+00:002013-12-19T19:49:49.277+00:00The pocket money prices meme really is one of the ...The <a href="http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/brass-in-pocket.html" rel="nofollow">pocket money prices</a> meme really is one of the most dishonest, tendentious, think-of-the-children pieces of crap ever devised.<br /><br />Well, that and Internet porn filtering... Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-16849295152931286632013-12-19T17:43:48.746+00:002013-12-19T17:43:48.746+00:00This will give you a giggle
http://thenewliberty....This will give you a giggle<br /><br />http://thenewliberty.me/2013/11/19/the-thieving-state-or-why-you-shouldnt-complain-about-uk-booze-prices/Anthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12574111741687273436noreply@blogger.com