Martin Imber wrote on 06. Dec 2009 at 10:44:
TBH the main reason people need these tax credits is because we are all taxed too much anyway
This is one basic premis that
really confuses me ( easy I know) -- but ... why the hell do the benefits people say you need, say, £200 per week to live on, yet they tax you at £150 --- then pay another department to pay some back in benefits because you actually needed that amount in the first place!!!
Wouldn't it be far better ( and cheaper) to decide an across the board amount (obviously adjustable for individual circs) required as a minimum and not tax you below that figure, just to have to give it back !!!???
Does that lot make sense, or am I just jabbering again ??
Seemples - Socialist government,therefore it is consistent with their beliefs that they take your money off you and then decide how they will redistribute it.