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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I don't think it is going to be a money spinner, but then neither do I think it is a cynical ploy to pander to the view that benefit recipients are feckless lazy shirkers(even though there are some of those).
Council tax pays for local services....and if you use a service then you should be willing to pay for it....however small your means are....there must be some level of payment that could be paid...even if it were only £1 per month.
My mother is elderly(85), and disabled. She pays no council tax...but this grieves her greatly....she feels that she should pay a nominal amount each month....in fact she gives the men who take away her recycling a couple of quid (she does live in a place where the bandwagon can't reach, so they do have to walk up the hill).
All should pay.
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I always said that the concept of the Community Charge was a good idea, after all its people who use services not houses. it was just the stupid levels it was introduce at, a charge of £50 per person would have been acceptable but £260 or what ever it was was stupid, it would have been fairer one person living alone paying £50 while a family of 4 paying £200, but has it stood people were being asked to pay over a thousand pounds whereas they'd only been paying around £150 a year previously was a none starter, so a good idea with merit was consigned to the rubbish bin instead