There have been several investigations over the decades about supermarket pricing, including one I worked on, and they've all found that, in general, the sector is ferociously competitive and op… (View Post)

These are the figures for property taxes as a %GDP from the OECD OECD average - 1.9% UK - 3.7% US - 2.8% France - 3.5% Germany - 0.9% Canada - 3.4% Japan - 2.6% Australia - 2.7% Netherlands - 1.2% ht… (View Post)

"The problem is how you define “the rich.” The top 1% have good tax lawyers" That's one of the problems. The other problems with taxing the rich, however defined, are that - they are k… (View Post)

Too vague. That leaves unanswered: by how much will taxes have to rise? On whom? When? But anyway, I think the main point is that YouGov's question and the associated answers don't tell us … (View Post)

As usual YouGov ask the wrong, or at least an incomplete, question. People usually want more money spent on them, until the costs are spelt out, which in a full public debate on the subject, presumab… (View Post)