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Perhaps it might help the shortfall in the money needed to house the Afghans that have been brought here. The treasury estimates the cost of helping those coming to the UK over the next 10 years could be more than £2.5bn.
Easy for you to say. It's the young that get fleeced. A graduate for example is massively more stung already and this is just yet another addition to that, not to mention house prices.Of course things need to be paid for but they choose a tax that impacts the well off and elderly less proportionately (or not at all if a retiree).
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on September 03, 2021, 01:02:50 pmEasy for you to say. It's the young that get fleeced. A graduate for example is massively more stung already and this is just yet another addition to that, not to mention house prices.Of course things need to be paid for but they choose a tax that impacts the well off and elderly less proportionately (or not at all if a retiree).BFYPI've been calling for more support for younger people and more taxation on very comfortable, well off older people (of which I'm now one) since before your balls dropped.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on September 03, 2021, 03:57:01 pmQuote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on September 03, 2021, 01:02:50 pmEasy for you to say. It's the young that get fleeced. A graduate for example is massively more stung already and this is just yet another addition to that, not to mention house prices.Of course things need to be paid for but they choose a tax that impacts the well off and elderly less proportionately (or not at all if a retiree).BFYPI've been calling for more support for younger people and more taxation on very comfortable, well off older people (of which I'm now one) since before your balls dropped.Define “well off” please. Genuine question.
I disagree on the really big strategic decisions. I was warning you back in 2010 when you were fiercely supporting Austerity that the cost of that stupid, stupid policy was going to be borne by your generation and that the better off older people would be protected. That's precisely what has come to pass.
Number of billionaires in UK increased by 25% during covid - with a collective wealth of £597 billionhttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-rich-list-sunday-times-billionaires-wealth-rise-pandemic-b936423.htmland you support raising income tax/NI for people on minimum wage!(I also agree with Selby but it needs to go further and look at companies in tax havens - which is why these new tax dodging Freeports are a bad idea)