21.6.12 Carr and Cameron

I have no real like or dislike in relation to Jimmy carr.  He's clever, and usually funny, but equally it can become rather boring seeing him on TV all the time.  So, I am not a fan, but appreciate he has enough talent to forge a very good career and a lucrative one.  Whether the latest tax fiasco results in his profile being improved or harmed interests me very little.

What I find utterly amazing is the hypocrisy of others, who lambast him for 'dodgy dealings' and avoiding tax.  For the Prime Minister of the UK to single out Jimmy Carr for criticism over his personal tax affairs is outrageous.  To attack him for non-payment of taxes is pathetic for so many reasons.

1. The arrangements in place that reduced his liability were (and are) perfectly legal, and came about through a company doing its job and advising a client how to minimise tax.
2. Just about every comedian, pop artist and media person seems these days to form a company and then be paid by the company they own, because this is one of many ways to reduce tax liability.  Thus, there are thousands of people reducing their tax liabilities all in a perfectly legal manner.  This approach is (I believe) used by Ken Livingstone and others in the political arena.
3. MPs are the last people on the cunting planet who should be critical of those reducing tax, and/or maximising benefits.  MPs have set the worst example possible.
4. Doctors and other health workers are taking action to try and maximise their pensions, and not pay more into the scheme - despite the national economic crisis, and the fact that Doctors are overpaid anyway.  That level of self-serving is accepted, yet an individual with no such pension is not allowed to maximise his benefits?
5. David Cameron is totally out of order for an unprecedented personal attack on one person - he is inviting all sorts of flack from all sides.  Of course, he's rich enough to be pompous in his comments.
6. Finally, if anyone is to be criticised, it's not someone who done nothing illegal; it's the cunting government!  Why on earth has the fucking government not closed these loopholes?  There are repeated claims of improved efficiency, closing of loopholes and reduction in benefits, all cited as reasons why millions of pounds can be saved - but nothing is ever done, and it's all lies.

So, if Cameron wants to pick on someone, he should find the minister in his own governement responsible for taxation, and tell the twat to close the loophole - NOT pick on a convenient celebrity target as a scapegoat, and ignore the deficiency in his own government legislation and taxation policy that allows people to avoid so much fucking tax so easily.  It's all bollocks, David, and you're opportunistic to have a go.  Rather than pick on one person for avoiding tax, how about you stop conveniently avoiding the real issue - that your own government department is useless and the tax regime needs urgent updating!

If it was perfectly legal for me to go to the Cunt-op and nick a bunch of spring onions and some Cathedral City, then there's a reasonable chance that I might do so, if my sandwich was looking rather empty.  As it is not legal for me to do that, I'll spread some marmite instead.  How about you tell some twat in the tax dept to plug a few gaps.

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