Erm, no - people don't have to disprove views, otherwise anyone could make up any old crap and say 'but you can't prove me wrong'.
Informed, intelligent discussion is based on facts - saying you don't have any facts, but that your opinion is as equally valid as those who base their opinions on evidence, is a viewpoint also shared by creationists, anti-vaxxers, 9/11 Truthers, and UFOologists.
Nice try in calling extensive research compiled and presented by Britain’s leading independent microeconomic research institute as a personally held opinion just like yours.....
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies is a not for profit institution, a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. The aims of the Institute are to "advance education for the benefit of the public by promoting on a non-political basis the study and discussion of and the exchange and dissemination of information and knowledge concerning the economic and social effects and influences of existing taxes, proposed changes in fiscal systems and other aspects of public policy, in each case whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere in the world".
The Institute employs directly some sixty staff based at its offices in London. Research staff are divided into sectors and a small core of administrative and secretarial staff provides support facilities. In addition, around twenty senior academic staff are seconded by the Institute from UK universities on a part-time basis. Other academics from both UK and overseas institutions work with the staff as Research Fellows and Research Associates on an ad-hoc collaborative basis.
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