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Re: Child Benefit Scrapped For Higher Rate Tax Payers From 2013
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Originally Posted by Flyboy
What " fictional example?" 
This has nothing whatsoever to do with left/centre/right. You and others are the ones making those comparisons. This is about what is fair and right. How can it be fair that the rich are given preferential treatment over those who earn less. |
But this is not about giving the rich preferential treatment. It's about taking money away from the rich. Surely that's a good thing?
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I can guarantee you that there are more families earning twenty-one thousand pounds a year each, than there are earning forty-four thousand pounds as a single income.
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Quite. And I can guarantee you that the earnings potential of the single income 44k family is higher. Chances are that they are fairly well educated, with a well educated spouse.
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