Labour for the working class and Conservatives for the rich? - just stop and think.

[jam666]

What on earth are you talking about? They have made their careers by being self-motivated and doing it. Where does it say anywhere that a member of the labour party should not be rich? Where does it say that they are against the rich, the middle classes or the poor? You speak a load of bunkum sometimes. What they do object to is giving the top 3000 richest people in the country a break in inheritance tax. They are probably doing themselves no favours at all by doing this. Why shouldn't they be rich they have earned the money. Bill Gates is probably one of the richest men on the planet but he is a philanthropist as well. Is he wrong too?

Latest news too is that the manufacturing figures are the best they have been for 15 years.
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You are simply repeating another mis-quoted figure spewed out of gordon browns mouth. The Inheritance tax proposals which will be implemented by a Conservative government will affect alot more than the richest 3000 familys. The current inheritance tax threshhold as of april 6th 2009 is £325,000. This may seem quite generous to some people but in reality the average price of a house in the uk is approximately £250,000 and when you count in savings and other assets such as cars, domestic property and other items this will far surpass the current limit of £325,000 leaving the family to pay the state a huge amount of inheritance tax which there means there is little left over for themselves.

This is not right as its taxing people who have worked hard all their lives and just want to leave their assets for their children and family when they die. I personally know id be just over the inheritance tax threshhold as it currently stands and i am in no way, shape or form mega rich. Infact, i know plenty of average working familys who would also be over the limit and as a result there is NO way you can possibly justify attacking Conservative Party Policys when it would benefit a large proportion of the country.

[Smits]

Or maybe it's because it's like debating with a brick wall. Just goes round and round in circles, everyone repeating the same stuff over and over again and it just gets boring.

I don't really think it's as simple as 'labour = working class' and 'tory = rich' because class tends to be less defined and 'set in stone' as it used to be.

Exactly.

We cannot claim that the cosnervaties are solely for the rich, or that labour are solely for the working class. Sure it may appear it at times, but realistically, the parties need to appeal to all different classes to have any real chance of getting in.

[Catzsy]

You are simply repeating another mis-quoted figure spewed out of gordon browns mouth. The Inheritance tax proposals which will be implemented by a Conservative government will affect alot more than the richest 3000 familys. The current inheritance tax threshhold as of april 6th 2009 is £325,000. This may seem quite generous to some people but in reality the average price of a house in the uk is approximately £250,000 and when you count in savings and other assets such as cars, domestic property and other items this will far surpass the current limit of £325,000 leaving the family to pay the state a huge amount of inheritance tax which there means there is little left over for themselves.

This is not right as its taxing people who have worked hard all their lives and just want to leave their assets for their children and family when they die. I personally know id be just over the inheritance tax threshhold as it currently stands and i am in no way, shape or form mega rich. Infact, i know plenty of average working familys who would also be over the limit and as a result there is NO way you can possibly justify attacking Conservative Party Policys when it would benefit a large proportion of the country.

The average house price according to the land registry is £164,288. Also you don't pay inheritance tax on goods or cars. Way below the current threshold. I am not going to argue against you as far as your conservative views are concerned as you are entitled to them but then again you don't make repeated attacks on my beliefs.

[jam666]

The average house price according to the land registry is £164,288. Also you don't pay inheritance tax on goods or cars. Way below the current threshold. I am not going to argue against you as far as your conservative views are concerned as you are entitled to them but then again you don't make repeated attacks on my beliefs.

Of course your entitled to your opinion and i respect the fact that we both have two very different views BUT the problem with inheritance tax is that it doesnt allow for fluctuations in the housing market and as a result someone could end up paying inheritance tax due to a rise in house prices which will push them just over the threshold and leave their familys out of pocket by a considerable amount and that is why i believe in Conservative inheritance tax plans as it will pretty much end the current problem.

[Catzsy]

Of course your entitled to your opinion and i respect the fact that we both have two very different views BUT the problem with inheritance tax is that it doesnt allow for fluctuations in the housing market and as a result someone could end up paying inheritance tax due to a rise in house prices which will push them just over the threshold and leave their familys out of pocket by a considerable amount and that is why i believe in Conservative inheritance tax plans as it will pretty much end the current problem.

Well I respect your view to think that. As far as I am concerned I think the money spent on this tax break would be better spent elsewhere.