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Old 28-03-2010, 16:43   #81
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Re: The Budget

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Originally Posted by andrewb View Post
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.
I can't say I'm too suprised at your lack of understanding of the concept of fairness, and equality.

Equality for all.

For if it isn't applicable to all, by it's very definition, it isn't equal, and therfore can't be classed as equality.

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