From: "Andy" <as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 20:30:09 +0000
Subject: Re: Decline of Anarchism




> Andy wrote:
>  
> > There was no intention of taking away the victory and
> > it did unseat Thatcher which was a real achievement. My
> > point was more of a footnote in  that the Tories reverted
> > from the arrogant triumphalism of the poll tax,  to more
> > subtle taxing of the poor. This was done by shifting taxation
> > from local government [to make the council tax more palatable]
> > to central government via VAT. There obviously wasn't a clear
> > line of cause and effect, but it was a consequence albeit 
> > unforseen, and botched up as a solution.
> 
> 
> 	involuntary taxation is theft, period.
> 
> 	old goat.
> 	our fathers' seeds contain too many weeds.
> 	-+ a!+/- a

Yes, and all the more insidious because we could and did protest 
against the poll tax - payment could be delayed and many went to 
prison, plus there were demonstrations and riots. But VAT is levied 
on clothes, utilities etc etc and you have to pay, and as it is a tax 
at the point of purchase, it hurts the relatively  poor most.

There was a victory against a tax, which hurt the government, but 
they just moved to plan B and got the money anyhow - you can't really 
protest about VAT on clothing in our damp climate.


_as