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] Date Posted: 01:51:48 11/20/04 Sat In reply to: Dave (UK) 's message, "More British Weirdness" on 23:31:56 11/19/04 Fri [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 02:10:12 11/20/04 Sat So would many of our public services be, if were were honest about taxation. "Tax is at 20%," says the government; but that is just income tax, and if you add things like VAT, the BBC license fee, presrcription surcharges, capital gains tax, council tax, inheritance tax (the most iniquitous of our taxes), and all the rest of it, it actually amounts to 42%. And given that many of us pay this and then PAY FOR OUR OWN services in the form of healthcare, school fees, and whatnot, even the figure of 42% is a bit small. Frankly, either the government should adopt the Norwegian policy of charging 50% tax and everything being both free and of good quality, or charging vitually none and letting people pay for services themselves. But I'm a Tory, so you can imagine that I'd go for the latter! [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: David (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 02:33:50 11/20/04 Sat I think you have to achieve a balance with public services that ensures quality and fairness. In my view, the government should provide a safety-net for those who are less well-off in society but not pay for public services for those who are better off and encourage those people to provide for themselves. This would allow the government to substantially reduce taxes and give more people choice in their services, it would also help to eliminate the culture of dependency that can often be created. My school education at a government school was completely paid for by the government, despite the fact my family could quite easily have paid for my education privately. The same is the case with my university degree (for which the government pays approximately 75%), it is ludicrous for the government to be contributing so heavily to university education when these people go on to earn more than others. the government providing free (or substantially free) services to everyone does not necessarily constitute fairness. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |