You expect wrong then. I support Milton Friedman's solution of merging taxes and benefits together and having a simple tax rate that ensures work always pays so that everyone can keep more of th… (View Post)

There is no difference between 83% entirely self funded or 83% taxpayer funded. The effective tax rate is 83% either way. You can eliminate the issue by eliminating absurd tax rates and having a sane… (View Post)

Those paying 45% have to pay even more because of the fact the people on UC play the system we've created. If we had a saner system that meant people worked full time instead we'd get more … (View Post)

I imagine a lot of people will suddenly find full time work. Our current system is broken. Nobody should ever see HMRC take over 50% of their marginal income, let alone 55% plus another 28% on top. (View Post)

Pathetic tinkering at the edges. Anyone working those 18 hours is still going to be facing a combined real tax rate of 100%, so people will go from doing 16 hours and no more, to 18 and no more. That… (View Post)