As the Minister may know, in Denmark the standard rate of income tax is about 30% and the higher rate is about 60%. Denmark has a very successful economy. High tax rates do not equal poor economic performance.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 18 April 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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