Britain 'may be forced to bail out tax havens'
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lol well just sums up this government, bail out the banks bail out the people that dislike tax as long as its in the interest of the british government yet strike out at non british tax havens.
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It'll surely be a case of shoring them up in return for the relevant account information, otherwise we may as well just let them fall since we won't be seeing any return anyway.
According to the article British tax havens (which makes the ops reply above yours slightly erm......the less said , the better).
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To right ... how about the Mods remove the OPs ability to create new threads as he seems to create way to many with no actual discussion from himself.
OP, you know what, the rest of us are perfectly capable of reading news sites ourselves ... if you want to post about things fine but actually include some toughts of your own instead of just a link and a quote.
We should bail them out in return for them seeding complete political control to us ... so that we start charging some proper taxes
We cant have that, the rich wouldnt like it, nor would many uk politicians. but better point out that its all fault of the poeple on the dole.
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So let me get this straight,
people put their money in these offshore accounts to earn more intrest on their money and pay less tax. So they don't contribute to our society or help our economy.
They took the risk knowing these havens have no big government to bail them out or protection, they gambled and lost.
Why should us lot who are likely poorer bail them out, bailing english banks out is bad enough but understandable.
Unless there is a very good chance they will return a profit in a short timeframe then no way.
people put their money in these offshore accounts to earn more intrest on their money and pay less tax. So they don't contribute to our society or help our economy.
They took the risk knowing these havens have no big government to bail them out or protection, they gambled and lost.
Why should us lot who are likely poorer bail them out, bailing english banks out is bad enough but understandable.
Unless there is a very good chance they will return a profit in a short timeframe then no way.
Well welfare spending has increased by £10bn in 5 years
I really don't think that any particular group can be solely blamed, sure the banks went wrong big time, but at the same time Labour's spend spend spend policy has caused huge debts, and also meant that people feel it is OK to borrow huge amounts of money. If you want to really point a finger look at our illustrious PM who took away the Bank of England's power to regulate the financial markets.
Makes you wonder why the british govenment was persuing with a vengence secret tax nations like lichtenstein etc...
Well welfare spending has increased by £10bn in 5 years
I really don't think that any particular group can be solely blamed, sure the banks went wrong big time, but at the same time Labour's spend spend spend policy has caused huge debts, and also meant that people feel it is OK to borrow huge amounts of money. If you want to really point a finger look at our illustrious PM who took away the Bank of England's power to regulate the financial markets.
gave the FSA powers to regulate the market, btw FSA senior and directors also work for various funds and banks, i wonder whose interests they were more in line with...
Just to be clear, the article is talking about bailing out the governments of tax havens, not the tax avoidance financial services that exist there correct?
If we need to do it then we need to do it, however I would suggest that their days of being British dependant tax havens are numbered. When Britain got bailed out by the IMF we had to do what the IMF said to get our economy back on track, if we bail them out then they have to do what we say to get their economies back on track.
If we need to do it then we need to do it, however I would suggest that their days of being British dependant tax havens are numbered. When Britain got bailed out by the IMF we had to do what the IMF said to get our economy back on track, if we bail them out then they have to do what we say to get their economies back on track.
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They wish to prove a use for trident, then dump the getting out of date polaris missiles on a couple of targets with the msg, pay you tax or get all f'ed up.
We should bail them out in return for them seeding complete political control to us ... so that we start charging some proper taxes
Charge us taxes? It's already more expensive here than in the UK on pretty much the same salary scale D:
well they have certain tax rules, if it doesnt work then change them. On another note, could it be that gordon brown policy on tax havens has caused this mess? could it be the withdrawl of those funds thats creating this mess?
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