There is nothing inherently left or right about any tax, nor is there necessarily anything better about one particular form of tax, whether it be income, wealth, capital, sales, purchase, customs or … (View Post)

DBS checks are a complete waste of time and have become a bit of a racket. They were originally an overreaction to a perceived threat and have now become part of the furniture, and difficult to remov… (View Post)

There are numerous problems but not insuperable ones, as the Finns seem to have demonstrated. One would envisage for example some combination of income past and projected, and net total worth. In pra… (View Post)

Yes, I see the problem, although any friend of TSE would automatically be done for the max. Edit: Seriously, it would be interesting to know more about how the Finns manage this. I really think the i… (View Post)

We might fruitfully adapt the Finnish practice of making fines proportionate to the income and wealth of the offender. Thus the £200k exec type fraudulently avoiding the full whack for his season tic… (View Post)