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Originally Posted by Chris
It can be fair because a family with a single earner on £44,000 is still comfortably above the average earnings in the UK. If they were taking this benefit away from low-earners, then there might be a case for using words like 'fair' and 'unfair' in a perjorative sense.
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Yes I am aware of why they have done it and broadly support the idea that those that can afford it should shoulder more of the burden, just strikes me as odd that two days after launching such an 'unfair' piece of legislation he will be up on the podium banging on about what's fair.