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Originally Posted by Gayle
If you don't use the value of the house for council tax i.e. on the assumption that you live in an expensive area therefore earn a good wage and can afford to pay more (which in a nutshell is the principle of the banding) - then you have to discuss other ways for councils to get their funding and the other way is per person! Which, if you recall was the principle of Poll Tax and think of the disruption and outrage that that caused. There are probably people still languishing in our overcrowded jails because they refused to pay Poll Tax.  |
The value of ones house does not necessarily denote the level of houshold income. what about pensioners who live almost entirely off their state pension but spent their working lives paying a mortgage? Many OAP's in our area are in the situation that they are now scrimping and scraping to keep the homes they love going.
What about instances such as ours were we are now down to one moderate not fantastic income due to illness. Are we suppose to move some downbeat area just because of the said illness?
Actually Poll tax sounds pretty good to me at the moment, the big problem would be setting it at a reasonable level.
Another question, why the hell am I paying for a ll these youth groups, community centres, business grants blah blah balh when they are nowhere near to me and I can not access them, is that suppose to be fair because I'm working 7 days a week to keep my own family instead of claiming benefits? Rant over