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| Why is There No Tea Party in Britain? |
| 2010-11-03 |
| 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 people’s money too foolishly for too long. Many years ago, the American libertarian economist Milton Friedman noted that “very few people spend other people’s 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 |
| #2 Why is There No Tea Party in Britain? Because it never had the original one in the first place. We stop being 'subjects' and started being citizens back in 1776. When did that happen in Britain? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-11-03 17:38 |
| #1 In UK the middle class pays for the unwanted levels of immigration alot non EU and in turn the cost involved eg.social housing/free education and free healthcare.No Major party will change that in the UK! Name me another country can you turn up with no id/no money and get free housing,free healthcare,free education and no need to work?ie Parasite heaven! |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-11-03 15:59 |