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"Mr President, I am minded to quote the great American philosopher Murray Rothbard here, that the state is an institution of theft writ large. Tax is just about a system where politicians and bureaucrats steal money from their citizens, to squander in the most disgraceful manner. This place is no exception. Fascinatingly – and I really do not know how they manage to keep a straight face when they are talking about tax evasion – the whole Commission and the Commission bureaucracy avoid their taxes. They do not pay taxes like citizens pay taxes. They have all sorts of special deals – composite tax rates, high tax thresholds, non-contributory pension schemes. They are the biggest tax avoiders in Europe and here they sit pontificating.
Well, I would point out to the Commission that the message is getting home to the people of the European Union. You are going to find that Eurosceptics are coming back in June in ever greater numbers. And I can tell you worse: as the people get your number, it will not be long before they storm this Chamber and they hang you, and they will be right."@en1
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