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The right sort of tax avoidance
It is possible to reduce the amount of tax you pay, and put the money to a moral and ethical use
“Moral and ethical tax avoidance? Yes, it does exist, and Guardian Money even promoted it to readers last July. And as a result, a remarkable business is now prospering, jobs are protected and an historic archive is saved. It is what tax breaks were meant for, before grubby financial advisers sliced, diced and packaged them up for the wealthy to renege on their responsibility to society.”…
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236 Years ago America said goodbye to Europe, in 2012 it said hello again!
The Gift of Universal Healthcare
That is the political gift that will keep on giving – and along with saved lives, better health and lower costs for millions of American, the greatest potential legacy of the Supreme Court's decision.
“Three days from today the United States will celebrate the 236th anniversary of its decision to bid farewell to the country's European masters. How ironic that this year's version of American Independence Day comes less than a week after the US Supreme Court ensured that America would finally join Europe in providing access to healthcare coverage for its citizens.
While the event is a momentous one for America – and in particular for the tens of millions of its citizens who lack health insurance – the event is more reason for introspection than an excuse to pop champagne corks. After all, it took this long to do what almost every other developed country did long ago – and it was only one conservative jurist vote away from being tossed into the ash heap of legislative history. But better late than never; and considering that every year an estimated 45,000 Americans die because they lack health insurance, those words have a particularly poignant resonance.
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Please note: if you have not read my earlier Blog (Whatever Happened to Moral Compass? Britain engulfed in corruption) please do so before proceeding to read this one.
http://gcgi.info/kamrans-blog/210-whatever-happened-to-moral-compass-britain-engulfed-in-corruption-
In wooing French tax exiles, Cameron makes a mockery of democracy
David Cameron seems to want to turn the UK into a haven for tax avoiders. At least we now know where we stand
"If the French go ahead with a 75% top rate of tax we will roll out the red carpet and welcome more French businesses to Britain and they will pay taxes in Britain and that will pay for our health service, and our schools and everything else."
But hang on a minute. His chancellor said in March, "I regard tax evasion and indeed aggressive tax avoidance as morally repugnant". What's more, Osborne pronounced himself "shocked" at the amount of tax avoidance in the UK. And yet, here's his boss saying the door's open to all and sundry French tax avoiders who want to set up camp in the UK…