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  I am not saying that wealth creation is bad just the pretence that it brings us nothing but good and that it is achieved through the altruistic endeavours of a few. Most people recognise the state of the economy and are prepared to 'grit teeth and get on with it' (if they have a job!) but want to see some equity in the suffering. Facts like these below do not give confidence to the 'ordinary' person that we are all in this together.
  
  "HM Revenue & Customs has failed to provide details of a deal that allowed Goldman Sachs to avoid millions in unpaid tax after other firms settled similar disputes, according to a prominent member of a powerful parliamentary committee............. Vodafone was accused of saving £6bn in tax after it agreed a deal with HMRC". The Guardian. May 13th 2011.
  
  "..Topshop owner Sir Philip Green, whose business five years ago paid a £1.2 billion dividend to his wife, Tina, who resides in Monaco". The Daily Telegraph. December 2010
  
  'How can the government continue to allow major retailers to set up shop in the Channel Islands to deliberately undercut small shops and internet businesses by exploiting a VAT loophole that clearly distorts competition and leads to tax abuse?' Philip Orford, Chief executive of Forum of Private Businesses on Taxjournal.com. January 2011
  
  Richard Murphy, director of Tax Research and a long-standing campaigner on the issue of tax avoidance, believes that £25bn a year is lost to the UK public purse by tax avoidance. Out of this, £13bn is from individuals and £12bn from large companies.
  
  In contrast, but I in no way condone this,:
  
  Benefit fraud cost the country around £900 million in 2008-09. Direct.gov.co.uk
  
  Let's have an honest discussion and let's imagine what all that legally avoided tax could achieve in the country at the moment!

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