This is one of the unfairest parts of the current system. If everyone benefits from local services, then all those of working age should make a contribution.Roddy wrote: As i said the State at the time was right over the Poll Tax because they had the foresight to see 1 guy with 5 wifes and 10 weans paying nothing.
Thatcher and the poll tax
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Yip!!Zambo wrote:This is one of the unfairest parts of the current system. If everyone benefits from local services, then all those of working age should make a contribution.Roddy wrote: As i said the State at the time was right over the Poll Tax because they had the foresight to see 1 guy with 5 wifes and 10 weans paying nothing.
You can only live in the world you know.The rest is just wishful thinking or paranoia.
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Re: Thatcher and the poll tax
Shockingfinchman wrote:Doing away with foreign aid would help.Zambo wrote:Do away with local council tax and fund the councils from central government. Paying a tax to fund local services based on how big your house is graded 25 years ago is a nonesense.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... udget.html
£12.4 billion this year – on foreign aid at a time when the NHS is facing a financial crisis and a £13 billion funding black hole is opening in elderly care.
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