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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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Sorry, another of those agree to disagree moments.
If you believe in total equality for all, that's got to be applicable to everyone in society, at either end of the spectrum, or it isn't fair or equal.
Should wealthier people pay more to post a letter?
Or if we still had state owned nationalised industries, should they pay more than a poorer person, for the same gas or electricity too?
As Dave points out with the case in Germany, the rich do pay more, because the same percentage of their income is more money than someone on less.
If people are paid 'peanuts' I'd rather be fighting to get that money increased for those at the lower end of the pay scale, rather than making the better off pay a bigger, and unequal percentage, and a larger amount of tax, than anyone else.
I mentioned the other week that my Labour supporting grandfather happily paid 95% tax.
To me when someone is paying that great a percentage of their income tax, it stunts the capitalist system we live in, and certainly doesn't encourage enterprise, and industry to flourish and prosper.