Thread: The state benefits system mega-thread.
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Old 18-08-2019, 19:43   #2227
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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
I hate to be pedantic, but there never was a tax on bedrooms.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
But that would be their choice.

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It's widely known as the Bedroom Tax, in the same way that the Community Charge was referred to as the Poll Tax, or the TV licence as the Telly Tax.

Most people use this term, not just opposition parties, even though it isn't technically a tax.
It isn't a tax at all, which was my point. 'Bedroom tax' is a politically charged term designed to make people believe this subsidy reduction is something it isn't. Nobody is being taxed for having too many bedrooms.
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