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Listed below are comments made by sagamix between Tuesday, 24th November 2009 (15 Hours Ago) and Wednesday, 25th November 2009 (2 Hours Ago) .

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Hostile environment 00:46am on 25 Nov 2009 I once had occasion to go round to Stevie G's for a souffle. I'd heard a lot about his abilities in that department but it didn't live up to the billing. Big disappointment.
Introducing green cuts 2:15pm on 24 Nov 2009 mc @ 78

George Out Chewster In! ... George Out Chewster In!
Spot the difference 2:09pm on 24 Nov 2009 mark @ 269

on the IHT, sure - let's look at some of that when we've got the deficit under control

on the CGT, I think we can wear the 30% - you get to keep the other 70% after all - be fine

but all reviewable in 3 years
Introducing green cuts 1:37pm on 24 Nov 2009 Okay okay, I've had a rethink. Government departments saving energy is a jolly good idea - churlish to say otherwise. Well done George!

Now how about some Politics?
Spot the difference 1:23pm on 24 Nov 2009 Mark @ 246

"I thought left wingers loved all that intrusive pushing paper sort of stuff?"

Just shows how wrong you can be, doesn't it?

Couple of points I still owe you ...

(1) I accept your amendment to CGT. The current rate is overly generous but perhaps 50% is too high. Too big a move. Cause shock waves, which I don't want to do. We'll set it equal to the new basic rate - 30%.

(2) Sorry, can't accept your other amendment, to exclude the main residence from the estate for IHT purposes. There's already a control in the system (the surviving spouse rule) which ensures that the widow or widower doesn't have to sell up and move. Any further concessions (tax breaks we should rightfully call them) in this area would be inappropriate in a belt tightening period.
Introducing green cuts 1:09pm on 24 Nov 2009 blame game @ 5

"Following GO's pitiful PR excursion to a hardware store, I'm sure the lefties on here can come up with a few light bulb jokes ... Q. How many Tories does it take to buy a light bulb? A. ?"

Four.

One to take the old bulb out.

One to buy and fit a new one.

One to secure a Mortgage against it.

One to put the claim in.

Within The Rules I hasten to add.
Spot the difference 12:03pm on 24 Nov 2009 f @ 244

Mmm but I didn't say that, did I? ... as it turns out.

I said the things I said at 239.
Spot the difference 11:51am on 24 Nov 2009 mwe @ 230

Well those are good points, Mark. But there's a limit to how complex the tax system should be. If you try and take everyone's precise personal circumstances into account, you will need an unacceptable level of state intrusion for one thing (be a kind of mass continuous Means Test) and the system will end up so convoluted as to be unworkable. Will also be wide open to abuse and manipulation.
Spot the difference 11:41am on 24 Nov 2009 fubar @ 218

I say again - I give Brown 100% of the UK political responsibility for what's happened. Decade as Chancellor, 2 years as PM, you have to. I also stick him with 25% of the Blame ... a fair old chunk.

None of this cock eyed partisan blogging from me. Can't stand it.

But I think he's dealt with the crisis quite well and given the choice between Him/Darling and Cameron/Osborne to continue dealing with it, then I'm with the first named combo.
Spot the difference 11:27am on 24 Nov 2009 Mark @ 226

No, Corporation Tax stays the remain. No change on that one. Businesses will be okay, no need for them to flee the shores. Also to flag that the VAT reduction to 10% has been shelved since it was pointed out to me (by Davies) that it's not affordable right now. It stays at 15%. IHT is going up because, at a time when tax as a whole has to be increased, there's no case for ringfencing that. The opposite in my view - no tax is "good" but as taxes go, this one is more loveable than most. It's quite a good "Bad Thing" if you know what I mean.

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