Posted on 04/06/2010 2:42:10 PM PDT by Slyscribe
As Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced new elections, Britain’s top tax rate rose today to 50% from 45%.
The government faces massive budget deficits, but critics say it may drive people and businesses out of the country.
Now, this may be just a coincidence, but Christian Bale, star of the recent Batman movies and Terminator: Salvation, reportedly plans to apply for U.S. citizenship,
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I'd wait for about 3 years.
Batman taxed out of Britain! LOL
Even the Bummer taxes aren’t that bad... yet
Ungland...
Emigration soars as Britons desert the UK
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569400/Emigration-soars-as-Britons-desert-the-UK.html
we already have 50% as our top federal rate.
35% + 7.5% + match == 50%
expired the Bush tax cut... add 5%
0bamacare health taxes... add 6.1%
dare to earn over $150k... add 5%
federal tax == 66.1%
dare to live in CA... 10%
get smacked by ahnold’s tax increase (amazed if this doesn’t happen)... 5%
total tax as a self employed CA resident == 81.1%
I saw my Australian resident English dentist yesterday.
I noticed an article cut out of one of the local papers where he was performing charitable dental work on a homeless guy, and commenting that Australia should avoid moving toward a universal care NHS system like the one he left in Britain, and should instead target government intervention to the entirely destitute.
Yes, the common sense measure should be to target on the destitute but that is not what the Leftists want. You might actually reduce the problem significantly by doing such.
The Leftists want to make everyone into destitute, miserable criminals. That’s called ‘equality’ and ‘leveling the playing field.’ Once you have converted them into animals, that’s the goal of the Leftists, you can do whatever you want with them.
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