tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093560390959788459.post1072814372459982729..comments2024-03-21T09:29:25.220+00:00Comments on The Financial Crimes: Follow the moneyAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775753218753337766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093560390959788459.post-73091449325788500112011-02-16T23:25:06.928+00:002011-02-16T23:25:06.928+00:00"Where is the £4bn 50% bonus tax number from?..."Where is the £4bn 50% bonus tax number from?"<br /><br />50% (the marginal tax rate for most high earners) of £8bn.<br /><br />"Why did you stop writing about interesting financial issues to become a Conservative Party cheerleader blog?"<br /><br />Because most of the financial issues have disappeared, and finance is now mostly a long hard slog, oh, and because the current government has a semblance of common sense about it. Not everything they do is right but they have a far greater grasp of reality than the £170 billion deficit merchants that preceeded them. <br /><br />The only hope for our children is at least 10 and preferably 20 years of sensible government to clear up the mess left behind by the last bunch of con-men.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775753218753337766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093560390959788459.post-51502146583835488912011-02-16T19:05:30.997+00:002011-02-16T19:05:30.997+00:00Even by your standards, the statistics you rattle ...Even by your standards, the statistics you rattle off in this piece are nonsense.<br /><br />Where is the £4bn 50% bonus tax number from?<br /><br />The government gets the proceeds from the share sales, as will the bankers when the deferal periods end, if they choose to sell.<br /><br />The bank levy is merely being brought forward by one year in line with the corp tax rate going down, hardly a coup.<br /><br />Why did you stop writing about interesting financial issues to become a Conservative Party cheerleader blog?Bill Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904154961709182748noreply@blogger.com