Reasons why I will be voting Liberal Democrat on 6th May

[chaletian]

1. I want a government that is not beholden to trade unions, businesses or the press (see data on party donations: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tMKCTfCkE02GL0qqp0Rh3LgRead more... )

Comments

[wildestranger]

Hear, hear.

[ungratefulwench]

YES.

[weird_bird]

Am on the same page...

[strandedinaber]

Hear hear! Just checking though, when you say taxing the rich over taxing the poor, you mean closing the tax loopholes, right, rather than them upping the tax amount on higher earners? I haven't missed something in the manifesto that's gonna piss me off?

ETA: Just realised that doesn't make much sense! I essentially mean, are they closing loopholes rather than upping the percentages on higher bands. That's what the manifesto suggests to me, anyway.

[balooky]

There's a bit of a pension raid IIRC.

[strandedinaber]

Wasn't that one of the loopholes, though? That higher earners pay (percentage-wise) less tax on their pensions? I'm all for that if that's the case, I just don't wanna see them upping taxes on higher earners out of all proportion.

[balooky]

I wouldn't describe it as a loophole.

[davidbrider]

Absolutely yes to all of this. May I quote you?

[chaletian]

Of course.