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Momodou
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 Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 13:32:32
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They did not ask me.
Note that despite the fact the Conservatives form the government together with the prime minister’s Liberals with the support of the Danish People’s Party, they all have their defferent stand points regarding such political issues. They always compromise here and there.
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Majority says 'no' to lower taxes
Published 14.06.11 17:10
Most taxpayers satisfied with their level of taxes A majority of Danes don’t want to pay less in taxes. Yep, you read that correctly. Despite being among the world’s most highly taxed people, and the highest taxed in Europe based...
A majority of Danes don’t want to pay less in taxes.
Yep, you read that correctly. Despite being among the world’s most highly taxed people, and the highest taxed in Europe based on 2008 figures, a significant majority of Danish voters think the tax rate is fair, the public services they get in return are worth it, and they do not want taxes to be lowered.
According to a recent Gallup survey, some 64 percent of all Danish voters said they were against taxes being lowered after this year’s coming election, while just 23 percent said taxes should be decreased.
But while only a minority of voters supported tax cuts, the Conservatives, who form the government together with the prime minister’s Liberals and who strongly support lowering the tax rate, were pleased by the number of Danes that wanted lower taxes.
According to the party’s political spokesperson, Carina Christensen, 23 percent support for tax cuts is remarkably high for Denmark.
“That’s actually quite a lot if you look at what a political taboo tax reductions have been over time in Denmark,” Christensen told Berlingske newspaper. “If as many people voted for us, it would be very good.”
The Conservatives have pressed PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen to confirm that his party will prioritise “a gradual decrease of the tax burden” if it retains power after this year’s election. Kristian Jensen, a spokesperson for Liberals in parliament, confirmed that tax decreases remain at the top of the party’s to-do list.
But the Danish People’s Party spokesperson, Kristian Thulesen Dahl, disagreed with Christensen’s optimistic take on the poll. He pointed out that it was “strange” and “paradoxical” that some 32 percent of the Conservative’s own voter base indicated in the poll that they did not support tax reductions, a key issue for the Conservative party.
“Tax breaks won’t win the election. That is easy to see,” Dahl added.
Some 35 percent of all voters surveyed believed that if the Liberal-Conservative government should win this year’s election, gradual tax breaks would ensue.
In contrast, some 54 percent of opposition voters supported a proposal by the opposition Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party to introduce a “millionaire tax” for Danes with the highest incomes and to use the added revenue for additional income redistribution measures for Danes with average and low incomes.
Income tax rates in Denmark vary from approximately 29 percent for low-income earners to over 45 percent for high-income earners. The value added tax is 25 percent. Total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP was 48.2 percent in 2008, the last year for which figures are available.
Source: The Copenhagen Post
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toubab1020
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Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 15:12:27
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Momodou,you know perfectly well that figures and surveys can be made to reflect the thinking and views of those who commissioned them,so in my opinion THEY ARE NOT INDEPENDENT.Who paid for this survey ?
One comment on the article hit the nail on the head totally when they wrote:
"nobody ever said that the majority knows what's best.
Socialism is great, until you run out of other people's money."
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 15:17:57
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I read those comments too. I would of course say I want my tax to be reduced if they asked me.
The conservatives are calling the proposed “millionaire tax” by the socialists as "jealousy tax" |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 18:24:38
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| I think that we call them stealth taxes,nothing to do with American gizmos this time. |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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