"well then you wouldn't move if it wasn't economically viable for you would you." Nick can I politely suggest that you really have not thought this one through. People move for different reasons many of which that have nothing to do with "economic viability". Capital Gains Tax on the sale of main homes could better be called the divorce tax or the sudden death of a partner tax or the "I have to move back to Yorkshire to look after an aged parent tax". Taxation should not be regarded as legalised theft and should not distort people's behaviour any more than necessary. As Colbert said the aim of taxation is to remove as many feathers from the goose with the least amount of hissing and honking [however you say that in French]. Let us approach the problem in another way. With a Government annual deficit hovering around £100 billion the State is spending way, way, way, more than it is raising in all forms of tax. Our expectations and aspirations (encouraged by infantile politicians) are way, way, way beyond our ability to pay. We are just stacking up massive debts for our children and grandchildren to pay. There are simply not enough "rich bastards" to pay for all these nice things that we so desperately want/need. Lets stop for a moment and have a grown up discussion about this.

Entire Thread

Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 17:38:00	Sean Wales
Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 17:43:00	Thomas Barry
Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 18:07:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 18:16:00	Julian Pavey
Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 18:21:00	Michael Brown
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 18:23:00	Stuart Kerr
Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 20:46:00	Will Watson
Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 18:43:00	Ed Yelland
Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 19:21:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 19:23:00	Pete Mayes
Re:Mansion Tax!	23/09/14 22:59:00	Nick Barton
Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 00:43:00	George Knox
Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 08:54:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 09:12:00	Nick Barton
Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 09:21:00	Charles Campbell
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 10:47:00	Sam Hearn
Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 10:41:00	Sean Wales
Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 10:45:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 10:51:00	Charles Campbell
Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 10:53:00	Sam Hearn
Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 11:25:00	Will Watson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 11:30:00	Huw Burford-Taylor
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 12:18:00	Chris Martin
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 11:46:00	Nick Barton
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 11:59:00	Viv Griffiths
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 12:06:00	Adrian Irving
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 12:22:00	Charles Campbell
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 12:10:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 12:15:00	Pete Mayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mansion Tax!	24/09/14 12:18:00	Adrian Irving

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