Brown’s Political Pre Budget Report
Posted by Philip Dunne, MP for Ludlow, at 10:08, Tue 15 December 2009:
Last week's pre-budget report, revealed Labour's true character, wasting the last chance to proove they have a credible plan to pay back the huge national debt they have created. What the Government announced was effectively a pre-election report.
Gordon Brown stands charged of the most serious allegation – that he has overruled the advice of the Treasury to start reducing the deficit, putting his own political interests ahead of the economic interests of the nation.
The central measure in the PBR was a tax on jobs which hits everyone earning over £20,000 – well below the national average wage. We now know that a Labour victory at the 2010 election would mean £7.8 billion higher taxes: £310 more per family in National Insurance, costing £200 a year on someone earning £30,000 a year, or £60 on average earnings of around £23,000; a £440m inheritance tax rise; a £440m phone tax; a £220m tax on workplace canteens; a £500m pension tax rise.
Yet, even with these tax hikes there is no credible plan to cut the deficit and all the hard decisions to do so will have to be taken after the election.
Most depressing is the cynical attempt to present a permanent increase in benefits, including child benefit and disability living allowance, when the reality is a temporary increase for the period of the election, followed by a real terms cut the following year.
Gordon Brown has decided this election should be about class, taxing middle England while at the same time misleading those most in need. Only by voting Conservative when the election comes can you get the change the country needs.
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Posted by Geoff Blore, 11:34, Tue 15 December 2009: (Is this post abusive?) #
One thing is now a certainty. The next election will be decided by the real working class veterans who will vote in person, one way or another, in their millions to make sure they get rid of this labour government. What amazes me is that with all the tv programmes dedicated to any political issue, no real genuine working class person is ever part of the discussion so the opinions of the largest proportion of the electorate are not heard or known, hence they don't count. Well they will come the election & I applaud the few prominent people like Eddie Izzard for his non-political, passionate, emotional, support for the dis-advantaged wherever they are in this turbulent world dominated by greed & power. I also believe that their should be an international special force to monitor & control international aid. G Blore
Posted by tony phillips, 20:53, Tue 15 December 2009: (Is this post abusive?) #
Since when did this government worry about criminal activity in their ranks ? they have behaved in the most irresponsible way since they came to power and set about from the start to destroy our country and democracy whilst lining their own pockets with our hard earned money. Gordon Clown is the most incompetent illiterate prime minister and should be consigned to the dustbin of history. The Conservatives have spelt out the measures they will implement if they win the election which they say, will ensure that our rights as a free country within the undemocratic communitarian system of the European Union, I doubt if they will be 'allowed ' to do this because the Union cannot survive as a federal state without TOTAL control from Brussels. The real answer there is to come out of Europe altogether but Cameron intends to stay in and fight to keep Britain free. I admire his courage if a touch nai've to say the least. The only real party to save the freedom of Britain and the British people is the British National Party and to that end we need the british people of good will and of all colours to join us and vote to save Britain from the establishment traitors who have soughtb to destroy us since 1998. Jack Straw stated that "The british as a race are not worth saving" this is what the Labour government thinks of the British people, they want to destroy us as a people and as a country.
Posted by graeme perks, 08:44, Wed 16 December 2009: (Is this post abusive?) #
Forgetting National Party politics, it is evident that the public scetor bubble is getting ready to implode! so lets hope the old ways of doing things in our community together and for each other, will be allowed to flourish with less 'well meaning' but very often counterproductive interventions skewing things from local calls to action for locally identified needs.
Posted by tony phillips, 11:56, Sun 20 December 2009: (Is this post abusive?) #
I doubt that the old ways will come back, it is quite evident particularly in our community that too many people responsible and elected to serve the community have put their own interests and ego's before the interests of the people they are elected to serve. There is no doubt that 2010 will see the further degeneration of whole communities with the continued failure to stop immigration and, the utter selfishness of people in not respecting one's neighbour.