TaxPayers' Alliance Budget Response 2

TaxPayers Alliance Campaign

In response to the 2009 Budget Speech, which committed British taxpayers to record levels of debt, TaxPayers' Alliance Chief Executive Matthew Elliott said:

“This Budget commits taxpayers to a terrifying amount of debt that will burden ordinary families for decades to come. The Government’s proposals are totally inadequate to deal with the size of the crisis we face. £15 billion of efficiency savings are a welcome start, but they are dwarfed by the debt mountain that the Chancellor plans to run up. These are serious times that require radical thinking, so it is staggering that the Government have chosen to turn a blind eye to the huge amounts of wasteful and unnecessary public sector spending. Despite the pretence that he is helping ordinary people and bashing the rich, the Chancellor is in fact increasing the cost of everything from driving to work to a pint of beer. The increase in taxes on high earners is a petty political gesture rather than a serious financial solution. Millions of families around the country are in real crisis, and they need real help, not posturing.”

A more extensive response will be released later this afternoon, but for ongoing commentary please visit our blog at www.taxpayersalliance.com

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Graeme Pirie

I’m astounded that they don’t see that incentivising business to create jobs might be a bit more sensible than giving the jobcentre pots more money to hand out in benefits or dubious training..
Wouldn’t it seem sensible to reduce employers NI? – aparently not as they’re going to increase it! A great incentive.
Or restore the 10K tax allowance for small business?
Or reverse the recent corporation tax increases on small business?
Or sort out the VAT thresholds that stop businesses growing.
All they’ve managed to do is change the rules on tax losses (so we’ll be giving the banks back the tax they paid in previous years!)
Stupid……..
Dan

Britain’s competitiveness is utterly finished. The ballooning of public sector jobs over the last decade and the generosity of public sector schemes must stop. Trouble is the majority of voters are in public sector and the minute they hear about cost cutting – guess what? They will bring the country down to its knees. So get out whilst you can.