Dick Lindley, Altofts, Normanton. Yorkshire Post.
IF the Budget was designed to insult and alienate our self-employed
workers, then it was a resounding success. Unfortunately for Philip Hammond and
the Conservative Party, these are the very people who not only are the lifeblood
of our economy, but potentially almost all will be Tory
voters.
The Conservative Party is, or was, the only party in the UK to support
enterprise and hard work, which is typical of the self-employed individual
running his or her own business. These brave and hardworking people often risk
the family home and all their savings in order to make their chosen enterprise
successful, thereby enabling them to create jobs and wealth for others as well
as for themselves.
The question I would like to ask Philip Hammond is this – why are you
punishing the primary capitalists of the UK for such a miniscule amount of tax
raised, when £12bn of hard-earned cash goes to third world countries each
year?
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