"Tax Free Day" - the Adam Smith Insitute (of fiscal studies) each year works out when "tax free day" will fall. This is the day of the year when you stop working for the taxman and start working for yourself. They establish Mr or Mrs Average, on average salary, of average age, spending average amounts on the average amount of goods and services etc etc, you get the picture. Anyway, they then work out how much tax that person pays on everything from income tax, to council tax, to VAT on purchases, stamp duty on houses, tax on interest on their savings etc etc
They then compare how much tax Mr average incurs with his total income and work out how much of that income goes (directly or indirectly) to the government and the results are shocking - this year you will have worked until May 27th to provide the government with money and for the rest of the year to provide yourself and your family with money
May the twenty bloody seventh!!! That's nearly 42% of your entire income being clawed back by the government!! And, this is the depressing bit, tax free day has been getting progressively later EVERY SINGLE YEAR since Blair came to power. Under the last tory government it was getting progressivly EARLIER each year.
Ridiculous is what it is
OK Lando, let rip
Dont ya just love Landos rants 
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