Txt tax would wipe out half UK deficit, claims union baron
Oh no it wouldn't
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Railway union boss Bob Crow reckons putting a one-penny tax on text messaging would wipe out half the UK's deficit, demonstrating a rather optimistic approach to financial planning.
The comment comes in an interview with The Guardian, and is followed by the assertion that if in charge, the good Mr Crow would "squeeze the rich 'til the pips squeak": an approach which will probably gain more sympathy than the suggested SMS tax.
Cellular news does the mathematics – 100 billion text messages sent annually, one pence per text message, £1bn raised in tax against a government deficit of £149bn. That's also assuming that the number of texts wouldn't drop if they cost more: most operators bundle unlimited texts these days, GiffGaff for as little as a fiver a month; it's hard to imagine those users would send even half the number of text messages if they had to pay for every one.
Luckily Bob Crow isn't in charge of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, only the country's leading transport union, so we're unlikely to have to pay any tax on our text messages, or hear the rich being squeezed until the pips squeak, for better or worse. ®
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COMMENTS
The trouble with socialists...
...is that they inevitably run out of other people's money.
Another great idea brought to you by...
... the moron who thinks that striking every six months is a good way to drum up support for your cause.
"Here's a good one: How about a penny extra tax on travel tickets. Oh crap, they are expensive already.
Ok. Er lottery tickets. Nope.
Er how about loafs of bread. Great! Everyone needs bread.... and food. Sod it if we taxed food the deficit could be wiped out before christmas."
And that is how Bob Crow came to be lynched by a baying mob your honour....
Nothing to see here, move along
Was it really necessary to demonstrate that unionists (and socialists or communists) do not have the slightest grasp of how economics work?
"Do we have a problem with excess spending? Just raise taxes, that will do." The problem with these people is, they collect and spend tax revenue as if it is not their own money. Oh, bugger!
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