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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
There is also a lot more poor people than there is rich people. The poor generally don't tend to vote (or at least not vote Conservative), and nobody who does vote for them cares what happens to the poor anyway. In fact the sort of people who are likely to vote Conservative will be more than happy that the poor, disabled, and single parents are going to bear the brunt of the mess that the rich have made.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
that's a bit of a generalisation ....  |
Yes it was, and a rather insulting one too. I voted Conservative this time and I certainly don't conform to that very limited and I have to say rather bigotted interpretation of Conservative voters. Both my wife and I have both had personal experience of what it's like living on the breadline and of being single parents too. I know fine well I'm going to be hit hard due to this and probably any follow up budgets, but I'm willing to accept that.
But anyway, VAT on ebooks? If your that bothered just buy abroad it's pretty easy to by-pass those pesky regional restrictions
