I seem to have upset people by pointing out that if the 70m people in the UK, only 32m pay income tax. Of those 32m, only about 9m are net contributors to tax.
So in our hypothetical street, just over 13% of houses put in more than they take out... and other households resent them.
So in our hypothetical street, just over 13% of houses put in more than they take out... and other households resent them.
https://x.com/mr_james_c/status/1989247198895448128
The point of these posts is this:
- overall the UK is not taxed very heavily
- but a vast majority of tax is paid but a relatively small group
- that relatively small group is constantly told they must pay more because that's "fair"
- if the UK wants services and infrastructure that works then it has 2 choices: 1) tax everyone more, especially lower earners, or; 2) cut spending in ways that reduce dependency on the state.
My preference is the latter, we should means test state pensions, we should move public sector workers into DC pensions, there's a large and rapidly growing people claiming all kinds of benefits who really don't need it. All this money is taken from other taxpayers.
All the about would increase the number of net contributors.
- overall the UK is not taxed very heavily
- but a vast majority of tax is paid but a relatively small group
- that relatively small group is constantly told they must pay more because that's "fair"
- if the UK wants services and infrastructure that works then it has 2 choices: 1) tax everyone more, especially lower earners, or; 2) cut spending in ways that reduce dependency on the state.
My preference is the latter, we should means test state pensions, we should move public sector workers into DC pensions, there's a large and rapidly growing people claiming all kinds of benefits who really don't need it. All this money is taken from other taxpayers.
All the about would increase the number of net contributors.
Someone has tried to attach a Community Note to my post but the note confuses "households" with individual payers. Which is incorrect.
To be clear, my post is about individual taxpayers. I used the metaphor of a street of houses because it makes it easier to picture than abstracted numbers.
To be clear, my post is about individual taxpayers. I used the metaphor of a street of houses because it makes it easier to picture than abstracted numbers.
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