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"Tax is a Moral Issue"
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<blockquote data-quote="Walterp" data-source="post: 212721" data-attributes="member: 321"><p>It may have been, once, but I'd hesitate to agree that morality has any connection to government now: isn't <em>that</em> the point at which Mrs Thatcher (who was nothing if not a highly moral - if not moralistic - politician) was different from those that preceded her? And, of course, those that succeeded her?</p><p></p><p>To me, it explains just why some people were so fervent supporters of her - some of her policies may have been deeply suspect, but no one ever thought that <em>she</em> was deeply suspect. Her morality was clear, which was perhaps her main appeal. In a morally-compromised World, I can see how that type of certainty would've seemed very attractive. (Cue Mr Tony Benn: '<em>She meant what she said, and said what she meant...'</em>)</p><p></p><p>And now, without either Mrs Thatcher or morals, it's very difficult to perceive what, exactly, is the nation's guiding principles.</p><p></p><p>Clue: there aren't any.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walterp, post: 212721, member: 321"] It may have been, once, but I'd hesitate to agree that morality has any connection to government now: isn't [I]that[/I] the point at which Mrs Thatcher (who was nothing if not a highly moral - if not moralistic - politician) was different from those that preceded her? And, of course, those that succeeded her? To me, it explains just why some people were so fervent supporters of her - some of her policies may have been deeply suspect, but no one ever thought that [I]she[/I] was deeply suspect. Her morality was clear, which was perhaps her main appeal. In a morally-compromised World, I can see how that type of certainty would've seemed very attractive. (Cue Mr Tony Benn: '[I]She meant what she said, and said what she meant...'[/I]) And now, without either Mrs Thatcher or morals, it's very difficult to perceive what, exactly, is the nation's guiding principles. Clue: there aren't any. [/QUOTE]
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