22-02-2009, 11:57 AM
I was waiting for this. I had heard a bit of discussion about this on the left mail lists. It looks as if it will be back to subsistence farming for Ireland.
Taxing pensioners for the banks losses is a bit bloody cheeky. I din't know that they are going to get away with that. There are so many other ways of raising the money like ... oh... taxing the wealthy for starters. What about a turn over tax on every share, future, commodity traded? They just have no imagination.
Taxing pensioners for the banks losses is a bit bloody cheeky. I din't know that they are going to get away with that. There are so many other ways of raising the money like ... oh... taxing the wealthy for starters. What about a turn over tax on every share, future, commodity traded? They just have no imagination.
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.