According to the budget, small businesses will be taxed more and larger corporations will be taxed less. To me this seems like we are encouraging overseas investment from global companies and rejecting entrepreneurship. As I have no grasp of economics, what will this mean?
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I have an inability to understand economics too but I would suggest that this will lead to more of our entrepreneurial peeps vanishing abroad. Sad to say I read the budget in a similar way to you - seems a shame that we are not encouraged to try anything new here any more. I will probably still start my own business though.Happy Gardening,
Shirley
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[QUOTE=SimonCole;80596]According to the budget, QUOTE]
... I assume you mean "according to one particular interpretation of the budget"
Can I ask which one?Last edited by johnty greentoes; 23-03-2007, 08:23 AM.The law will hang the man or woman
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But lets the greater thief go loose
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I never pay attention to the budget...I just accept that every year I get poorer!
Policy-makers have their noses glued to the short-term, and they find it hard to ask longterm questions. The UK is rich, so why can't we afford to clean the streets or get the litter out of the parks? Why can't we afford full care for the mentally ill, or enough hospital beds?
A great little book on the economy/money is The Little Money Book - its short, accessible (for gardeners there's also the Little Earth Book etc)
http://www.fragile-earth.com/money/All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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Originally posted by Two_Sheds View PostI never pay attention to the budget...I just accept that every year I get poorer!
Policy-makers have their noses glued to the short-term, and they find it hard to ask longterm questions. The UK is rich, so why can't we afford to clean the streets or get the litter out of the parks? Why can't we afford full care for the mentally ill, or enough hospital beds?
A great little book on the economy/money is The Little Money Book - its short, accessible (for gardeners there's also the Little Earth Book etc)
http://www.fragile-earth.com/money/All at once I hear your voice
And time just slips away
Bonnie Raitt
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Originally posted by SimonCole View Post....small businesses will be taxed more and larger corporations will be taxed less.....
Originally posted by johnty greentoes View Post... I assume you mean "according to one particular interpretation of the budget"
Can I ask which one?
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Originally posted by Hazel at the Hill View PostYes.
Large business has their corp tax reduced from 30p to 28p (over 250 employees), small business corp tax rises from 20p to 22p.Originally posted by SimonCole View PostThe description Gordon Brown gave in parliment... like Hazel said.
Power to the little man.The law will hang the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But lets the greater thief go loose
Who steals the common from the goose
http://johntygreentoes.blogspot.com/
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"The UK is rich, so why can't we afford to clean the streets or get the litter out of the parks" Quote from Two Sheds.
I don't know about the rest of it, but for me the question is, why are people throwing their rubbish in the street and parks. Why do we need to pay to clean up after these louts.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
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Pointless mess and damage always winds me up, can never see why people can't make that very tiny effort to keep things nice.
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?
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Originally posted by Alison View PostPointless mess and damage always winds me up, can never see why people can't make that very tiny effort to keep things nice.
None of this is an excuse however.The law will hang the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But lets the greater thief go loose
Who steals the common from the goose
http://johntygreentoes.blogspot.com/
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