think the 40% band starts at 42K or thereabouts.

So, you raise the threshold before becoming eligible for tax, then everyone benefits and you tax the richest more to compensate. Then the lower paid benefit more proportionately, as does the economy because the lower paid will spend any extra insted of sqirreling it away. It's called fairness

The cigarettes, alcohol and petrol taxation model.

I couldn't bothered about reading eight pages worth of comment because I'd already heard from a respected economic commentator (the guy from The Times) that there is pretty much no evidence to suggest that cutting the top rate tax band will create jobs.

I'm not convinced that Standee responding to rhetorical questions is the deciding factor in whether or not something is helpful.