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Originally Posted by punky
Do you just read random posts, or is there a logic to which you skip.
Poorer people are more likely to share a house as they will be unable to afford to buy one. Renting means they'll either pay no council tax at all (if the landlord pays it), or becomes divided amongst the tennants (which is also what happens if they buy the house jointly). One example on "The Politics Show" were 3 teachers and a nurse sharing a house. The calculator said they'll pay £2000 more a year. £500 each to them is a lot.
If like me, you are lucky to own your house, or live in your parents, and you don't earn much, and your house is nice, then you'll pay less (a lot less in my case) but most everyone else will pay more.
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Fair point. Probably not too much logic to be fair
been down the pub watching the football and imbibing alcohol so if I'm making even less sense than usual I do apologise. However, income tax is earning related so the poor - the real poor - will be better off. The rich - the real rich (over 100k p.a) - will be worse off. Those on benefits will pay nothing for example. Which will mean a lot to them.