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Originally Posted by danielf
I know it isn't a tax. Hence the apostrophes in Bedroom 'tax'. My comment was partly in jest, indicating that the withdrawal of this benefit (i.e. reduction in income i.e. penalty to those affected) is as much about effecting a change in attitude in those on benefits as it is a cost saving. At least, that's what they would have you believe.
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I know - but my point is, there is a fundamental ideological difference between reducing State intervention, whether by tax or by benefit, and increasing it. In very simple terms, the more State a government creates, the more Left that government is. Hence my contention that taxing a food or drink not because it is inherently harmful, but because of a belief that certain people can't be trusted not to harm themselves with it, is essentially a nannying, leftist position.