tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post7196711093598717762..comments2023-12-28T05:09:46.498+00:00Comments on Skin Flicks: Plan BUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-2090985633526115752009-09-30T11:53:16.400+01:002009-09-30T11:53:16.400+01:00Now's the time to put CGT right back up, becau...Now's the time to put CGT right back up, because it won't hurt in the short term since values have fallen so much.Conan Drummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377667084973491628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-9038237192499794842009-09-29T22:17:17.182+01:002009-09-29T22:17:17.182+01:00Some good calls there, Conan.
Little bit punitive ...Some good calls there, Conan.<br />Little bit punitive on the CGT, perhaps. I'd scale it back up over a five or ten year period. Up to 30, then 35, and so on.<br />The rent allowance floor has to be removed. At the very least, it ought to be coming down at the same rate that rents are, ie 30% pa or so.JC Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07591722111393071007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-47724639647643118692009-09-29T14:46:02.031+01:002009-09-29T14:46:02.031+01:00Don't forget rent allowances = millions and mi...Don't forget rent allowances = millions and millions of HSE money going into a bottomless pit of landlordism that inflates house prices and rents.<br /><br />Oh, and criminal charges for non-declaration of rental income.<br /><br />And lastly, return capital gains tax to 40% on non-primary residential property.<br /><br />Do these three things and house/apartment prices will find their true value.Conan Drummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377667084973491628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-11923836850481151962009-09-23T00:19:16.943+01:002009-09-23T00:19:16.943+01:00Homegrown for the win, Sweary.Homegrown for the win, Sweary.JC Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07591722111393071007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-23902713919106497712009-09-22T16:00:33.394+01:002009-09-22T16:00:33.394+01:00Skinner, you can't legalise cannabis AND reduc...Skinner, you can't legalise cannabis AND reduce the dole. Sure who could afford the cannabis then?<br /><br />But on every other point, you'd get my vote.Swearyhttp://www.coddlepot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-82431315970784432292009-09-19T02:54:54.755+01:002009-09-19T02:54:54.755+01:00It would certainly encourage me and the 90% plus o...It would certainly encourage me and the 90% plus of society who don't earn anything like that yet are punished with levies to bail out billionaires while millionaires duck paying their due through tax evasion schemes.<br />More equitable societies are more healthy societies in all ways, physical through psychological to social.<br />Opposing fair progressive taxes is invariably a position held by either those who would have to pay their share or else people who fail to understand the concepts of equity or economic crisis.JC Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07591722111393071007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-39922410945509486602009-09-19T01:54:43.262+01:002009-09-19T01:54:43.262+01:00what shite, 60% tax over 100k? that'll really ...what shite, 60% tax over 100k? that'll really encourage people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com