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Originally Posted by punky
No it doesnn't. Like I said, the poorer will be paying more in tax.
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That is categorically not true. Income tax reflects earnings and ability to pay, which council tax does not.
The worst taxes for the poor are of course, indirect ones, but they are also the ones which politically are easiest to get away with. We get shock-horror if antone suggests !p on income tax so every bugger is scared to do it. So they reap revenues through NI, petrol, alcohol etc which hits everyone regardless of ability to pay.
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Originally Posted by punky
I have just looked, and it seems I will be one of the ones better off.
It is just really poor thinking from Lib Dems. They come up with some idea which appeals to their ethics. They test it against one group of people and it (in their eyes) improves them. The don't adequately research to how everyone will fare under the scheme which makes them negligent. Either that or they don't give a monkey's about the poorer voters.
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The Tories don't give a toss about poorer voters hence the Poll Tax and the tax regime they had which effectively encouraged tax avoidance and, whatever, favoured the wealthy.
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Originally Posted by punky
There were a few examples on the show. The people worst affected are people who share a house. The council tax gets divided into 3, but with an income tax, it is multiplied by 3 (if 3 people are in the house). Sometimes the landlord picks it up.
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But, income tax reflects people's ability to pay. Tax has, or shouldn't have, owt to do with how many share a house. TThose three people don't use the NHS etc as much as others?