Why I'll be glad to see the back of 2009

[Bri w]

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Originally Posted by Bri w
How about we all pay 40%, then services won't have to be cut fairs fair.

You tell that to those on minimum wage - do you think they can afford it? We want people to work not live off benefits.

Services however will always be cut regardless of increases - but then again ours come from Scottish Government so slightly different.

2010 - I have high hopes for it


I'd like everyone to be on 40%, and have a disposable income and not have to worry about minimum wage. By having a low band of tax, and a minimum wage the govt and those paying the 40% are subsidising companies who don't pay a proper wage.

Another 'unfair' tax is council tax. I'm on a low band, in mid taxing council area. Why should Joe Bloggs just down the road, who may be on minimum wage, have to pay 50% more than me to have his bins emptied?

My point is equality, whether it be income tax or council tax, and if something somewhere else in the Govt's budget needs cutting to give equality then so be it

Originally Posted by Quedos

Services however will always be cut regardless of increases

Sorry but there's a flaw in the logic. For a service to be cut it had to be provided in the first place, therefore what you say can't be true.

We should be voting for the people who promise to provide the best compromise of services for everyone at a price we can afford and are willing to pay. This is where the current system falls down - political parties cater for their core voters and then try to persuade people to join their core voters at the ballot box.

Originally Posted by Quedos

2010 - I have high hopes for it

Me too. Might be a good year both personally and for the country, where we come to our collective senses, stop thinking about #1 and start thinking about what we can do for the greater good.

Merry Christmas everyone

Originally Posted by Bri w

......and if something somewhere else in the Govt's budget needs cutting to give equality then so be it

We can start be planning to bring our gallant guys and galls back home from unwinnable (please note that I didn't say "pointless") wars and conflicts in other parts of the world.

Mr Brown, Mr Cameron & Mr Clegg - take note and stick this in your manifestos. If me and my friends and family are represententative of most folks in the UK then this will be a vote-winner