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31-03-10, 05:08 PM

When thinking of examples of mass demonstrations that have worked in the past, I though of the Poll tax. So, I am a bit young to remember the riots, and I never really got what it was all about. Poll tax was like council tax but instead was levied on individuals rather than properties? Isn't this a much more fair way of doing things? I used to pay tons of council tax living with just two people in a house close to the centre of Oxford, whereas a 5 person family living in a house further from the centre paid significantly less. But they would use the emergency services more than me, produce more waste than me, have more cars that use the road more than me. Why did so many people riot?

31-03-10, 05:08 PM	#1
Warthog Guest Posts: n/a	Poll Tax When thinking of examples of mass demonstrations that have worked in the past, I though of the Poll tax. So, I am a bit young to remember the riots, and I never really got what it was all about. Poll tax was like council tax but instead was levied on individuals rather than properties? Isn't this a much more fair way of doing things? I used to pay tons of council tax living with just two people in a house close to the centre of Oxford, whereas a 5 person family living in a house further from the centre paid significantly less. But they would use the emergency services more than me, produce more waste than me, have more cars that use the road more than me. Why did so many people riot? Last edited by Warthog; 31-03-10 at 05:20 PM.