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Originally Posted by cashman
far as i'm concerned i think equality on paying taxes sucks, reason being many are on peanuts, so why should they pay the same.
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Exactly cashy. Low income workers who have chosen to work rather than living on welfare, should not be punished by some silly 'equal' tax system. Equality is about fairness. The bottom 5th of earners pay 38.7% in tax, whilst it's 34.9% for the top 5th. It's not fair if we have a flat tax which will make the lowest earners pay an awful lot more than that as a percentage of their wage.
Obviously there has to be a balance, because often the rich bring skills and wealth into our economy which everyone benefits from, so we don't want to scare them off to other countries with high taxes.