@HildaWheeler the operative word is 'better.' When I looked into these areas more money rarely meant better anything.
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absolutely, public services need reform & efficiency savings but we spend less than we should on key ones
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Yes but where does it end? NHS has had money thrown at it for years with little to no improvement. And I'm taxed enough as it is.
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we spend far less on our healthcare than most of Europe who have better survival rates.
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Not arguing against spending increase to match Europeans - just asking where does it end? NHS is a blackhole for money.
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If certain taxes went into pots labelled NHS, Social Care, Nurseries, etc. would say yes but not if all goes into Treasury till.
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an itemised bill? BT can manage it, why not government?
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I am for a flat rate of tax and zero tax-free allowance. Then there will be an incentive to earn loads without paying 50% in tax.
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flat rates are regressive. No one needs an incentive to earn more
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Well, I do. I get to 45% and stop. No point because I sell minutes for pounds.
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We don't all enjoy your level of income. Some of us are below the poverty line or barely managing just above it.
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you don't pay much income tax at that level of pay, do you?
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Not directly, but I do pay your income tax indirectly via my cost of living.
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How? cost of living tax majority VAT is paid to EU other tax into gov help low paid not pay tax, so she pays yours
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When Julia demands a pay rise radio advertisers need to pay more, so producers pay more and consumers pay more.
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I'm not stupid. You just disagree with me. Very different.
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