The Anonymous Widower

Prudence’s Death Tax

According to The Times Prudence and his few supporters in Nulabor are possibly proposing a 10% death tax on all estates.  Read some of the comments to the article

Now, I’m someone who has a bob or two and when I die I will pay substantial death duties.  On the other hand, I would hopefully have sufficient money to make sure that I had enough nubile nurses to keep me happy in my last days.  So just because I have saved, why should I pay for those who have not saved for their last days?

To actually suggest it is a crass idea and a vote loser.  After all probably ninety percent of the population want to make enough money before they retire to really enjoy it.

But then what do you expect from a man who was a Chancellor, who had the same idea of taxes as the Sherriff of Nottingham?

It just shows how out of touch Nulabor is with everything.

Let’s take a couple of examples.

Suppose someone was dying in their thirties from some awful cancer.  Because they have been ill for some time, they would probably not have any estate at all.  Or perhaps just a small one.  So the widow, who would be up shit-street anyway gets even more of her money taken away by a grasping government.

I also have two friends, who have very disabled children.  Their care is expensive, so is it right that if the parents die, that disabled children are taxed, when they need the money.  I suppose that their disabilities mean that they can’t vote, so it’s all right then!

Now we need to raise money for care of the elderly,  but it would be better if we raised it say on energy taxes or VAT.  Raising VAT to 20% would raise about £13billion, but I think that this may be a better alternative as Prudence’s lowering and raising of VAT didn’t seem to make much effect one way or the other.

We could also get rid of two unwanted aircraft carriers, the Joint Strike Fighter, Trident, tanks, identity cards and many other pet projects of Prudence and his cronies.

February 14, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | News | Gordon Brown, NuLabor, Politics, Tax