Now Michael Caine joins tax revolt: Cameron's celebrity backer warns of exodus..

Now Michael Caine joins tax revolt: Cameron’s celebrity backer warns of exodus..
Daily Mail ^ | May 28, 2010 | Nicola Boden

Posted on Friday, May 28, 2010 10:07:18 AM by C19fan

Sir Michael Caine has joined the growing revolt over the new coalition’s plans to hike taxes, insisting it will encourage the wealthy and top companies to quit Britain. Sir Michael, a tax exile for eight years in the 70s after income tax hit 82 per cent – claimed major increases would encourage people to leave the country like he did. The star of Zulu, Alfie and The Italian Job, who supported David Cameron during the election campaign, insisted taxes had to be ‘economic and not become emotional’. ‘I left the country for eight years when tax was put up to 82 per cent. You didn’t get the 82 per cent tax from me for eight years. You didn’t get any tax at all from me for the next eight years,’ he told the BBC.

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