Saturday, April 26, 2008

Fiscally prudent. If....

The Adam Smith Institute - an organisation unafraid to 'tell it like it is' - has an interesting financial titbit for us;
If public spending had only grown in line with inflation since 1997, we could have abolished income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax, leaving the taxpayer £200 billion better off.
Missed chance, eh Gordon?

Lessons From Moses.

Lessons from Moses.   (Photo: Getty/iStock) Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster explains the Jewish perspective on the choosi...