UK Politics

[highwaystar101]

SciFiBoy said:

Pyro as Bill said:
Most taxes should be abolished. Law enforcement and defence is all we need. If we legalised drugs, law enforcement costs would be drastically cut.

Leave welfare to charities, they are far more capable than any government is.

A 50 K salary leaves you with ~35K after tax. On a regular 9-5 Mon-Fri job, the government takes everything from 9am Monday to lunchtime Tuesday. Then they take Tuesday afternoon in VAT assuming I spend all my money VAT only goods. If I spent all my money on petrol I'd be left with about 10K.

What gives any government the right to steal upto 80% of somebody's wealth?

so far as im aware, the government dont take 80% of anyones income, nor am I ever going to suggest such a stupid measure.

dont be soo stupid, most charitys dont have anything like the money or resources to provide education and healthcare and welfare, I cant see any of them in fact being able to do so.

Tell my dad that...

He doesn't pay 80% tax but he is in the top bracket for just about every tax, income tax, national insurance and council tax. It really annoys him and I agree the tax is insane. However, I do not agree that cutting services is the best way to lower tax. Three ideas spring to mind...

1. Increase efficiency - Anybody working for law enforcement in the UK will tell you the same thing, the law enforcement system is criminally inefficient (Pun unintended). The government is just not efficient for numerous reasons, I could give examples until I'm blue in the face, but I wont bore you. Increasing efficiency will provide better services at and reduce taxes and it could be done so easily.

2. Remove regressive taxes - This is the double edged sword of win-win. Did you know that when the government increased the tax for those who earn over £150,000 PA from 40% to 50% the predictions on the income from the tax was drastically off. The reason for this is immigration, the 10% increase was the final straw for a lot of people, and of course a lot of them can afford to move to tax havens with the amount they earn. My dad was talking about moving to Dubai when they announced it.

The solution is simple, do not tax the drivers of progress. A lower income tax will offer more incentive for individuals to earn more money and will keep those who earn large wages from immigrating to tax havens.

3. Legalise drugs and prostitution - legalising drugs and prostitution also works in an effective manner. It will relinquish the burdens that police and healthcare face as results, the use of the drugs can be monitored instead of being underground so they are safer to use and you get the added business tax from them.

 

 

If only I ran the country lol.