tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post8648664676225153337..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: An Alternative to Public Sector Cuts?Alwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-15178528011437228282010-09-16T10:33:10.457+01:002010-09-16T10:33:10.457+01:00Alwyn - I see two problems with Prof. Philo's ...Alwyn - I see two problems with Prof. Philo's proposal:<br /><br />1. It is incumbent on the State to create a predictable and stable tax system. If following a specific economic crisis a government starts to impose unpredictable and ad-hoc windfall taxes on (for example) the richest 10%, it will send out a signal to the world that it does not have a stable or predictable tax regime. The Paul Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021606156107333019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-80507427854538420862010-09-16T10:15:37.052+01:002010-09-16T10:15:37.052+01:00good idea. Their is a seedy side of richness, very...good idea. Their is a seedy side of richness, very much brought forth in modern times...long are the days an industrialist opened a plant and made hinself well off ad his workers prosperous, today its hedge-bet richnessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-27834241347460394802010-09-16T09:19:50.804+01:002010-09-16T09:19:50.804+01:00I agree that cuts would be necessary even if there...I agree that cuts would be necessary even if there was no deficit. Anyone who has worked in the public service for any length of time knows that you could cut staff numbers by 25% or more without any impact on services. Of course the easy and obvious thing for bureaucrats to do is to cut services rather than their own jobs. We need to see staff cuts forced through from the centre especially Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com