Thursday, June 21, 2012

It's the system, stupid!

Oh Gawd, 'ere we go again.  Ministers getting into a right lather because some comedian - or rather, some comedian's clever lawyers and accountants - have found a way of reducing his income tax liability to around 1%.  "Morally wrong", "moral equivalent of a benefit cheat", "morally repugnant" are just a few of the comments that have been flying around.  I won't rehash what I've said many times in the past, but I liked one person's comment to the effect that he was far more angry at a system that allows people to get away with paying just 1% tax than he was with those who take advantage of it.

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