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How people react when you try to speak their language

Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS. You can read about his confirmation hearing here: forbes.com/sites/kellyphi…

Of course- if you offer people an entitlement they will use it. Shouldn’t be a surprise.

Helpful initial assessment if you are wondering, like me, what now? I like to think I help with these pieces by being the question asker....

Trying to connect tax rises or removal of tax exemptions with a particular expenditure is a game all politicians like to play but it is just a device. Hypothecation is a myth for reasons explained here. Also true of so-called national insurance and health and social care levies.

The wide reach of the British Tax Review. And yes the title is from the Wizard of Oz!

Thank you for taking the picture Marco Greggi ! And thank you to all who attended the lecture on this sunny day in Bergen and for all your interesting and valuable comments.

Not well enough understood

😲Govt will stop public servants speaking in public Really bad idea Officials add LOADS to debates, e.g. explain technical policy details Cutting them out of debates will reduce transparency & quality of public discourse I agree with Hannah White : instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/govern…

#VAT and food in one tweet.

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When the media world starts to catch up with what I have been saying for years and years it feels really strange and sad The New Statesman #Cassandra

Tax rises of tens of billions absolutely possible in the Autumn - though not inevitable. Nobody can be sure at this point. I don't see how you (sensibly) raise, say, £30bn, without rises in NI, VAT or income tax. (And no, you can't get even close with an annual "wealth tax").

Perfectly put by Helen Miller . So much trouble could be saved by putting income tax up to cover current problems. Do the majority of people know exactly how much income tax they pay?

This looks like an obvious change to make except- politics….

Fed up with stupid opinion polls about tax. Dan’s thread patiently explains some wealth tax problems. Also think about how we would define wealth ( Businesses? Farms? Pensions? Main residences?). Who would do the valuations and how? Not going to be in place next year, is it?

So if we listen to opinion polls saying people want wealth tax we must also accept that majority want to tax second homes ( which we already do with extra stamp duty, double council tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax) but nothing else. That would work well, wouldn’t it?

I don’t have a particular problem with lowering the voting age as many 16 year olds are better informed and more sensible than their elders but I would point out that even babies are liable for tax if they have enough income so being liable for tax is not a good test!

Minister on PM 16 year olds getting vote because they pay tax, a stupid argument because all children liable to pay tax. Right to vote not linked to tax paying. Linking votes to tax paying would take us back to early 19th c, before universal suffrage as pointed out in comments.