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Originally Posted by Taf
I wonder who is fiddling those figures? Those that I know earn a lot more in Tax Credits and Housing / Council Tax Benefits plus Child Benefit and are not taxed so only pay National Insurance.
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It could be your anecdotal data is not representative of the wider dataset. It also depends where you live obviously. I.E EU migrants in London are probably big contributors.
It's always quite hard though. I think most people in the UK take out more than they put in though. When you think about schooling costs, healthcare costs and then the huge pension bill compared to our productive years then we're probably dependent on very high earners. Even then we're running a deficit.