>The result is that between 2000 and 2009 the state has foregone a trillion pounds. How many public services could that have funded? In addition to what can be

>The result is that between 2000 and 2009 the state has foregone a trillion pounds. How many public services could that have funded? In addition to what can be funded now? Probably none at all. The size of the government as a share of national spending is not determined by specific sources of income. It is an ideological and pragmatic decision of the people (or by whoever else has political power) So if the government had this source of income, it would not be able to levy all other taxes to the same extent it does now. It is unrealistic to assume that the share of government spending would be much greater if they had this particular source of income.