I was good at econ but I’m more of a mathematician. Regardless I believe these are just political truths. The tories have brought us to our economic woes and deteriorating public services.
All that austerity and shrinking the state has ruined our growth which is why the burden of tax has been raised significantly under the tories.
I’ll be back here in 2 years when the Labour Party win the next election
the Tories actually cut taxes
corporation tax slashed from 38% to 17%, VAT was lowered for many years from 17.5% to 15%
top income tax lowered from 50% to 45%, we wanted it lower but labour blocked us in the votes
this is why I refuse to debate economic layman's bro, no offense, but even mere facts we cannot agree on so i dont debate layman as i feel like i must educate them and also debate them
Thatcher inherited from Labour a basic rate of income tax at 33%, and a higher marginal rate which could reach as high as 98% in 1979. By 1988, she had cut that higher rate dramatically to 40% and the basic rate to 25%. But this tax cut was partly offset when her government raised the indirect tax, VAT, from 8% to 15%. This is a less egalitarian way of taxing, because, unlike income tax, everyone pays at the same rate.