Questions & Answers

Q. Why are you doing this?

We believe better Government is smaller Government. Its key responsibilities are security, the maintenance of public order, and to protect the free people from force or fraud by others. Yet today the people need protecting from the fraudulent activities and force of the State whose army of bureaucrats have invited themselves into every minutiae of our lives. We would like to see Government do much less and do it more successfully. The rest of our society/economy would be handled better by the people directly.

Q. But don’t we need more taxes to pay for essential services like the NHS and education?

Food is pretty essential stuff but the Government doesn’t run supermarkets thank God, else we’d all be starving while we queued for bread. Even the latest OECD survey showed our healthcare as being the worst in the developed world and no better than that of an East European communist country.

When politicians talk of ‘essential services’ or ‘a fairer society’ it’s just a big lie sound bite to open you up for more taxation. Politicians’ sole aim is to stay in power and they do this by taking money from those that have it, and giving it to those that will vote for them.

Q. But don’t we need big government and high taxation to raise living standards for everyone?

Governments like to claim the credit for rising living standards over the last 100 years and some of the early interventions were successful. However, most positive changes in society have come from technological advances and communications, not big Government. For the two hundred years of the most innovative and fast developing period for Britain, up to the first world war, Government take from the economy hovered around 10%. It rose to 20% between the wars and has risen relentlessly to over 50% now and is still rising.

Q. How do you aim to achieve this?

By showing people the true levels of taxation we aim to build support for a smaller more honest Government. One that serves the people and whose spending powers are limited by Constitution, at a percentage of the country’s earnings (GDP) in each fiscal year. High taxation creates big Government. Too big a Government always creates a dysfunctional society and broken economy. The world and history are littered with more than enough examples.

Q. Can we really change anything?

Yes. Small and medium size businesses have the power to create change. We employ 60% of the workforce and are in touch with 100% of our communities.

Q. How can the Government afford to reduce taxes when it and the country are bankrupt?

We are bankrupt because our Government grew too large. The same thing happened in East Germany and the Soviet Union, but we have a chance to stop this madness before it gets that bad. Virtually every penny our Government spends comes from business in some way. Because it interferes and takes too much, businesses cannot grow to create more wealth.

The average business loses 49% of its turnover in taxation. That’s far more than its wage bill. If taxes were lower, businesses would eliminate unemployment and help shrink the underclass created by an overreaching Welfare State. The economy would grow faster with a smaller Government and our National debts would be paid off sooner. The country is in a mess today because Government built an economy on debt and false accounting rather than productivity and integrity.

Q. Who is Michael Van Clarke?

Michael Van Clarke has run a small beauty business in the community for over 30 years serving a wide cross section of society and cultures; teaching apprentices from broken homes, heading a team of 35 staff, and styling a cross section of society including international Royalty and leaders from the worlds of film, fashion, music, medicine, banking, industry, and politics. His experience has given him a good understanding of the world across a range of lifestyles, classes and income levels.

Q. Isn’t this just about rich people?

By taxing all working people so heavily, the political mafia create a system that the global elite can play well (politicians, big businesses, bankers), but which pushes the less able further down into welfare dependency. This separation between elite, middle and underclass creates a highly dysfunctional and angry society which shows itself in the record levels of violence, drinking, gambling, debt, drug addiction and family breakdown often referred to as the ‘broken society’.