So now the British Prime Minister David Cameron, takes the moral high ground and, according to a news report posted here, claims that comedian Jimmy Carr's alledged tax evasion as "morally wrong". He goes on to say
"I think some of these schemes - and I think particularly of the
Jimmy Carr scheme - I have had time to read about and I just think this
is completely wrong," he told ITV during a round of TV interviews in
Mexico, where he is attending a G20 summit.
"People work hard, they pay their taxes, they save up to go to one of
his shows... He is taking the money from those tickets and he, as far
as I can see, is putting all of that into some very dodgy tax-avoiding
schemes.
"That is wrong. There is nothing wrong with people planning their tax
affairs to invest in their pension and plan for their retirement - that
sort of tax management is fine.
"But some of these schemes we have seen are, quite frankly, morally wrong."
Wow. Can this surely be the same Mr Cameron who, according to this report back in 2008 alledgedly used over £20,000 of public funds to pay his mortgage? And another £2,000 for food and £4000 for cleaning? Apparently claiming 'expenses' is not morally wrong, even when clearly you don't need to claim them. But legally not paying taxes is somehow worse?
No wonder a report in the online Huffington Post today claimed that:
"David Cameron and senior ministers are not planning to disclose their
tax returns in the "very near future", Downing Street indicated today. The Prime Minister said in April that he expected information about
his finances to become public, and was relaxed about the prospect. The comment came amid controversy over the decision to cut the 50p
top tax rate, and after London mayoral candidates released their
records. But a Number 10 aide said this morning that the proposal is still being "looked into".
Ministers are "not closed to the idea", but it is "not a very near-future thing", the aide added."
Really? SOYMB is not at all suprised.
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