DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/03/offshore-secrets-offshore-tax-haven
21 trillion pounds stashed in overseas tax havens by the world`s super-rich. Twenty-one trillion pounds, a fair chunk of which is certain to be British in origin. At the same time, benefits `scroungers`are being mercilessly assaulted by the papers, a bedroom tax is being introduced, the NHS is being rapidly privatised, schools, government services, the police,and the fire and emergency services are all being cut to the bone, and Iain Duncan Smith is pompously suggesting that people are perfectly capable of getting by on 53 pounds a week. Britain may be about to enter (or possibly is already in) an unprecendented `triple`depression as well.
So, why exactly are the poorest parts of society being stripped of their dignity and their chances of ever lifting themselves out of the hole they find themselves in? Why is the welfare state which so many people were determined to create after the horrors of the Great Depression and the Second World War being stripped away in the name of `austerity`? And why exactly are the British public being repeatedly told that there is no more money left, that they must not be so childish, that they should buckle up and accept the swinging cuts in living standards and future prospects being forced upon them?
If you fiddle a couple of hundred pounds of your taxes while struggling to pay the rent, you are likely to be hunted down by a government determined to make you suffer for your heinous misdeeds. Yet it seems that if you multiply that sum by millions, you are given a hearty slap on the back while you exit the country through one of the many tax loopholes open to you, leaving behind a broken, bitter Britain in your wake.
Is there a possible explanation for this that is reasonable? I`m certainly open to ideas, and far be it from me to suggest that people who have already paid their fair dues should be charged again. But if there aren`t any....is it reasonable to expect the British public to remain placid and accepting of this for much longer?
21 trillion pounds stashed in overseas tax havens by the world`s super-rich. Twenty-one trillion pounds, a fair chunk of which is certain to be British in origin. At the same time, benefits `scroungers`are being mercilessly assaulted by the papers, a bedroom tax is being introduced, the NHS is being rapidly privatised, schools, government services, the police,and the fire and emergency services are all being cut to the bone, and Iain Duncan Smith is pompously suggesting that people are perfectly capable of getting by on 53 pounds a week. Britain may be about to enter (or possibly is already in) an unprecendented `triple`depression as well.
So, why exactly are the poorest parts of society being stripped of their dignity and their chances of ever lifting themselves out of the hole they find themselves in? Why is the welfare state which so many people were determined to create after the horrors of the Great Depression and the Second World War being stripped away in the name of `austerity`? And why exactly are the British public being repeatedly told that there is no more money left, that they must not be so childish, that they should buckle up and accept the swinging cuts in living standards and future prospects being forced upon them?
If you fiddle a couple of hundred pounds of your taxes while struggling to pay the rent, you are likely to be hunted down by a government determined to make you suffer for your heinous misdeeds. Yet it seems that if you multiply that sum by millions, you are given a hearty slap on the back while you exit the country through one of the many tax loopholes open to you, leaving behind a broken, bitter Britain in your wake.
Is there a possible explanation for this that is reasonable? I`m certainly open to ideas, and far be it from me to suggest that people who have already paid their fair dues should be charged again. But if there aren`t any....is it reasonable to expect the British public to remain placid and accepting of this for much longer?