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Nov 21 2009, Marco Villa

It may as well be. The Labor government in the United Kingdom is seeking to enact a 50% - it needs to be belabored: 50% - income tax on all those earning GBP150,000.

Prior to Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain was suffering chronic high unemployment, a.

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