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longfingernails · 12/12/2010 19:46

I intend to shop more and more at Arcadia Group stores in support of Philip Green's superb good sense in maximising his tax avoidance.

Corporate tax avoidance makes his products far more competitive, and thereby has the potential to allow many thousands more people to be employed in his stores.

I always thought that for those on the left, minimising unemployment was the raison d'etre, but no, it seems taxing business until it gives up in despair is a far higher priority.

Well done to all tax avoiders. I personally will seek to avoid as much tax as I can. I see it almost as a moral duty.

I hope no left-winger is going to avoid paying their fair whack of tax by shopping now instead of after the VAT rise in the new year. That is deeply immoral, according to the (idiotic) logic employed by the buffoons at UK Uncut and similarly foolish pseudo-anarchist organisations.

nickytwotimes · 12/12/2010 19:51

good links winky.

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beade · 12/12/2010 20:18

Whilst I do agree with many of the sentiments made in those articles, some of what is written is nonsense.

WinkyWinkola · 12/12/2010 21:39

Which bits are nonsense, Beade?

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jackstarlightstarbright · 12/12/2010 21:58

So Winky - do you believe Philip Green is guilty of tax evasion? Or is he avoiding tax? The first two articles appear to contradict each other on this.

WinkyWinkola · 13/12/2010 13:00

Well, you see, Jackstar, I'm not really sure. Everything seems to be legal and above board but it's very hard for the British public to swallow this kind of ducking and diving.

According to UKUncut, his awarding himself £1.2bn in 2005, the biggest pay cheque in British corporate history, was channelled through a network of offshore accounts, via tax havens in Jersey and eventually to his wife?s Monaco bank account.

The dodge saved Green, and cost the tax payer, close to £300m. This tax arrangement remains in place. Any time it takes his fancy, Green can pay himself huge sums of money without having to pay any tax.

Of course, he is a savvy businessman - he knows how to make a massive profit off the backs of Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Indian sweatshop workers who get paid something like 22p per day. Thank goodness though they have jobs at all. Very admirable Hmm.

And as for taxing business until "it gives up in despair" - that is totally risible. How few millions in profit does a company have to make before it starts to despair? Grin

Whilst I'm not myself convinced by the UKUncut folks, I have to say, the kind of slavering, slobbering greed you see from the ultra rich is revolting. They can never get enough.

And "pseudo-anarchist"? I thought anarchists were those keen to destroy government and not replace it with any other systems of order or social control? It would seem to me that UKUncut and others like them are very keen to maintain some kind of order, especially for the undeserving less fortunate people of Britain.

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huddspur · 13/12/2010 22:56

I can't take any article which doesn't know the difference between the national debt and the structural budget deficit serious

granted · 14/12/2010 19:16

Thanks, Winky - I particularly liked the Johann Hari article - he's written some good stuff recently.

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