(20-06-16, 10:07 AM)Millietant link Wrote: Yes, the way it's done is unfair - I'm all for everyone paying taxes, but if you earn £30k a year and pay £22% tax, why should you pay 50% when you earn over £150k.
Surely the idea of everyone paying the same % is what makes taxes fair.
Imagine a pile of bricks needs to be moved. You have two people to do the work, one is 6' tall and built like a brick sh!thouse, the other is 5' tall and weighs 7 stone wringing wet.
The 7 stone person picks up a couple of bricks because that's all they can manage, staggers across to the new location and puts them down.
The 6' person picks up two bricks in one hand, strolls across and puts them down.
Surely the idea of everyone carrying the same load is what makes it fair...
Quote:If we all pay the same %, the more you earn, the more you pay - that is totally fair.
You forget that taxes like VAT are regressive, the less you earn, the more they affect you. Richer people do not spend the same proportion of their income as the poor do, so pay less.
But if you prefer a system of "Mine! Mine! Mine!" or "Screw you, I'm alright, Jack", that's up to your conscience.