Scrapping CGT is a surefire way to create utter chaos in our tax system. Want to see trillions of taxable income suddenly magically become capital gains just like that? Then abolish CGT. No amount of… (View Post)

Which is one of the problems with our system. Someone seems to be doing a good job in one area of specialism? Great, let's move them out of that into something completely different on which they… (View Post)

I think a/c in bedrooms but not downstairs is a nice compromise. Partly because the heat is always worse upstairs, but also because one downside of ubiquitous air con - which is really noticeable in … (View Post)

The Americans regularly decided "this time we're really going in hard" during Vietnam. They flattened the place but they still lost. (View Post)

It would, though, be helpful to adjust it for the change in dependency ratio (i.e. proportion of those over pension age or under 18 Vs working age population). Not to say that it would eliminate the … (View Post)