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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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And what did she actually do? Propose to remove the triple pension lock


and replace it by something almost as good.


Or even less good for those OAPs.

and winter fuel payment.


Keep your lies to yourself please. There may be children present. There
was no suggestion of removing the WFP, just means-testing it. Making it
taxable would be one way.


Yes. Tax the WFA to allow for even more tax cuts to the most well off.
You
just know it makes sense.

But, of course you snipped the bit where she promised to help the
disadvantaged. Those are presumably CEOs and above to the likes of you?


Giving tax cuts to the rich generates spending power to employ the poor.


so the trickle down theory says

There are many who say that it doesn't work.

Taxing the rich simply drives them away.


at a certain level

there is little to no evidence that at the rates the Tories inherited were
too high

tim