New tax bombshell: 20% VAT

Couldn't pass up posting this comment to the above article. Some people just have a natural yearning for slavery.

Arthur Stephenson wrote:
Taxes need to go up further as they have been for the last 10 years to subsidise more public spending on our wonderful public servicesReason: because the government is far more trustworthy to spend money wisely than people. It's individual excess and greed that has caused this recession, not the government, who have followed the path of prudence.Removing excess cash from taxpayers will allow stronger state control of the economy and avoid future cyclesIt will also make for a more equal society, which every fair-mainded citizens should support.Those who had not had the opportunity to work for a living should not be penalised