tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post115080995229815411..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Progressive DisenfranchisementPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150987111878447062006-06-22T15:38:00.000+01:002006-06-22T15:38:00.000+01:00Micah 6 - What does the Lord require of thee, but ...Micah 6 - What does the Lord require of thee, but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly before your God<BR/><BR/>Dear Redeye<BR/><BR/>Your comments are worth repeating - for those who supply such red-cross parcels, it is dismaying to be able to do so little for so few of the poor folk & their children, who find themselves in a mess, because of our tax/benefits system<BR/><BR/>I have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150980605144712802006-06-22T13:50:00.000+01:002006-06-22T13:50:00.000+01:00Anonymous - see recent post on political cross-dre...Anonymous - see recent post on political cross-dressing.<BR/><BR/>My argument is that none of the parties are genuinely advocating a progressive tax system, but David Cameron, alone of the three party leaders, is actually happy for it to be known that he believes in redistribution.<BR/><BR/>There are two possible justifications for voting Dave that arise from this:<BR/> <BR/>1. None of the Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150979507177518022006-06-22T13:31:00.000+01:002006-06-22T13:31:00.000+01:00"I believe in redistributive taxation, and further..."I believe in redistributive taxation, and furthermore I believe that people like me who are on decent incomes ought, in general, to pay a bigger proportion of those incomes in tax."<BR/><BR/>And you're considering voting Tory?<BR/><BR/>What??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150974616240252372006-06-22T12:10:00.000+01:002006-06-22T12:10:00.000+01:00Re. G Eagle, I think we've already had one previou...Re. G Eagle, I think we've already had one previous agreement over at the other place. <BR/><BR/>If a flat tax includes (as most of its advocates like Irwin Stelzer recommend) a zero rate for those earning under £12,000, then it would be a great improvement for those currently on tax credits. No more form-filling, no more Inland Revenue overpaying them, ignoring them when they're told about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150887039663128362006-06-21T11:50:00.000+01:002006-06-21T11:50:00.000+01:00"From each according to his means, to each accordi...<I>"From each according to his means, to each according to his need" seems to me a basic ethical Christian principle</I><BR/><BR/>Ah Christian Socialism, whatever happened to that?<BR/><BR/>That there ought to be a party of the (old) left: yes. That it ought to be the Lib Dems: no.Joe Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380362092159905533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150881619209334202006-06-21T10:20:00.000+01:002006-06-21T10:20:00.000+01:00I've long advocated a flat rate of income tax, wit...I've long advocated a flat rate of income tax, with increased indirect taxation to discourage eco-unfriendly consumption, although I can't see any party seizing hold of this one in the current climate (if that's not an unfortunate choice of word).<BR/><BR/>But the fact that seems to escape many people (and presumably this is intentional) is that employees already pay National Insurance at 11 per Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150873786493687882006-06-21T08:09:00.000+01:002006-06-21T08:09:00.000+01:00Dear PaulIt must be a sign of the mid-life Crisis ...Dear Paul<BR/><BR/>It must be a sign of the mid-life Crisis when I find myself muttering in pseudo=German and not merely enjoying Redeye's comments agreeing with them<BR/><BR/>PROGRESSIVE TAXATION<BR/><BR/>Interessant !!<BR/><BR/>1. Have you considered :<BR/><BR/>1.1 the distortions and extra administrative costs of having higher tax rates, both to the Revenue and to the Taxpayer<BR/><BR/>1.2 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150835551333810912006-06-20T21:32:00.000+01:002006-06-20T21:32:00.000+01:00Only considering ....Only considering ....Ellee Seymourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647480320978146418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1150827725416868292006-06-20T19:22:00.000+01:002006-06-20T19:22:00.000+01:00If you believed the LDs were the nice party pre-Mi...If you believed the LDs were the nice party pre-Ming, you've obviously never seen them in local government. They're the dirtiest fighters of the lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com