Wasn't just me then...

One very positive thing that has come out of this thread is that common sense and rational thought can be typed into a discussion board after all! Some very good common sense arguments here against the politics of envy that keeps rearing its head.

It is a pity that Richard Bridge focuses his undoubted intelligence in such a negative and what appears to be a paranoid way. It is one thing to stereotype people because they are different, but it is clearly another for them to say such people have no rights in his Utopian wonderland.

I say again, as a point to the original thrust of his thread; Are you saying that the more taxes you pay, the more voluntary taxes you should be paying?

Luckily, we have a system in this and most other countries of progressive tax. Hence the 40% and 50% personal tax kicks in at certain points. This is, as far as I can tell, the fairest way to address the issue, and in the real world, helps put Richard's mind at rest.

Mind you, I have just been reading a magazine with a wonderful quote. I can't remember who it was attributed to but it said; "Giving your money to a government is like giving whiskey and car keys to young boys."

Quite.