Envious Socialism, Part 17

Taxes and Theft

Here’s a headline which made the news recently:

BBC star Gabby Logan and her husband Kenny were paid more than £500,000 to promote major tax avoidance scheme to their celebrity friends

…followed by:

The tax avoidance scheme sparked a huge public backlash when it was exposed

…followed WAY down the page by this little admission:

There is no suggestion of illegality on the part of Mr or Mrs Logan, or any other celebrities mentioned.

In other words, these folks used their popularity and names to pimp a legal product to their friends.  Happens every day, so why the fuss?

Because some most  people in Britishland seem to think that tax avoidance is the same as tax evasion — which they aren’t of course;  the first is not only legal but praiseworthy, while the second is a crime, ask Boris Becker — the lovely Gabby and her handsome hubby are going to be “called as witnesses” in a court case which they aren’t involved with.

And let’s not even talk about the “public backlash” from the Perpetually Envious Set, who think that the government is “owed” tax money (when in fact it’s extorted at gunpoint).

Anyway, the pics of Gabby in the linked article are total crap.  Here are a couple of good ones, from my files:

All part of the service, no need to thank me.

6 comments

  1. dislike of taxes? They sound like our American ancestors who dumped tea, burnt a revenue ship the HMS Gaspee to the waterline, etc.

    She’s easy on the eyes, can we offer them asylum here?

    JQ

  2. “Because some most people in Britishland seem to think that tax avoidance is the same as tax evasion”. Not just Britishland, we have the same quality of assholes over here too.

  4. The average working person will take advantage of every tax break they can but if someone else does it they will be scorned. The classic example of the *crabs in the bucket*. I say, fill the bucket with water and some Old Bay and set a fire under it.

    **In a bucket of crabs, if a crab tries to climb out the others will drag it back in.

    1. Im in agreement with you on what to do with a bucket of crabs.

      I’m so old that I remember when greed, envy and sloth were vices rather than virtues.

      JQ

      1. Greed, envy, and sloth each have their own websites now, don’t they?
        Linkdin, Facebook, and Quora, I believe they are called?

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