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Angua · 03-07-2007, 16:36

As long as central government continues to dictate how much money local government can have/raise the system will be unfair, as not only do central government require more to be done locally on the one hand, they also limit how they can pay for it on the other.

I do not have the answers but poll tax was too closely related to household members and not income it hit the poorest (non benefit claiming) hardest (I did one weeks work a month just paying poll tax). Council tax is at least slightly fairer as you are likely to live where you can afford, and again this hits households with only one wage earner.

At least with local income tax, every tax payer would contribute something rather than the majority paying nothing.

03-07-2007, 16:36	#73
Angua 17 years same company Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Expanding Town with crap roads Age: 66 Services: ? BB, basic phone. Share of Disney+ Posts: 7,674	Re: Council Tax doubled since Labour came to power As long as central government continues to dictate how much money local government can have/raise the system will be unfair, as not only do central government require more to be done locally on the one hand, they also limit how they can pay for it on the other. I do not have the answers but poll tax was too closely related to household members and not income it hit the poorest (non benefit claiming) hardest (I did one weeks work a month just paying poll tax). Council tax is at least slightly fairer as you are likely to live where you can afford, and again this hits households with only one wage earner. At least with local income tax, every tax payer would contribute something rather than the majority paying nothing.