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Why is There No Tea Party in Britain?
Many people would like to pay less tax and enjoy more freedom to choose how they spend what they earn. So, even if you like me have little or no interest in politics, the midterm elections in America prompt the question; why do we have no Tea Party in Britain?Never mind the quaint historical tale about bewigged revolutionaries dumping bales of the brown stuff into Boston harbour. Taxed Enough Already is the part of the Tea Party name that might touch a chord with many in Britain today. Few people now believe that the man in Whitehall knows best or that other people can spend your money more efficiently than you can. Indeed, you could argue that a fundamental cause of the current economic crisis is that too many bureaucrats in public and private sector institutions have been spending other peoples money too foolishly for too long. Many years ago, the American libertarian economist Milton Friedman noted that very few people spend other peoples money as carefully as they spend their own. So it is a remarkable fact that no British political party at the last General Election offered voters the chance to keep more of what they earn. Quite the opposite. The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour all agreed that we must pay more tax; the only fiscal issue for debate was about how big the increase will be. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-11-03 |
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