Always? We managed just fine without tax credits for most of the existence of our welfare state...https://twitter.com/georgeeaton/status/658409173194035200 …
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@JuliaHB1 People who work, pay their taxes, also claim tax credits - including the self employed. No it's not a magic money tree. -
@Rosiecosy if you're getting tax credits, you are almost certainly not a net taxpayer so, yes,tax credits are paid from OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY -
@JuliaHB1@Rosiecosy but you may have been in the past. Complicated I know, but still… -
@ijclark@Rosiecosy yes, they may have been and may be again in the future. But in practice, most will not be. -
@JuliaHB1@Rosiecosy Any evidence to back that up? -
@ijclark given the typical earnings pattern for the vast majority of the population, highly unlikely those 3 million people were doing just
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