Chippy_boy
Well-Known Member
With the election looming, I keep hearing this word fairness.
It's like those with left wing tendenancies seem to want to claim the moral high ground and portray Labour as being about fairness, as opposed to the tories who are evil, and most certainly not "fair".
Well who gets to define what's "fair".
If you are walking down the street with £100 in your wallet and you are robbed, is that fair? What if the person who is robbing you is less well off that you? Is that now OK?
Taking money off people to give it to other people is not automatically "fair". In most cases the people who have more money have worked bloody hard for it. How is it "fair" to say, sorry mate I know you've worked your arse off for this, but we are taking it off you?
I don't like tax, no-one does. But I understand it is a necessary evil and yes, it is an evil. Taking money off people with menaces, is surely an evil whether the robber does it, or the government does it. But I do not accept that taking even more of it is more "fair".
As it stands TODAY, somone on £30k/year pays £4k tax and perhaps gets back some in benefits. Someone on £200k/year pays £76,000. 19 times as much tax on less than 7 times the income. And we are told this is not fair on the poorer person?!?!? Bonkers, just bonkers.
It's like those with left wing tendenancies seem to want to claim the moral high ground and portray Labour as being about fairness, as opposed to the tories who are evil, and most certainly not "fair".
Well who gets to define what's "fair".
If you are walking down the street with £100 in your wallet and you are robbed, is that fair? What if the person who is robbing you is less well off that you? Is that now OK?
Taking money off people to give it to other people is not automatically "fair". In most cases the people who have more money have worked bloody hard for it. How is it "fair" to say, sorry mate I know you've worked your arse off for this, but we are taking it off you?
I don't like tax, no-one does. But I understand it is a necessary evil and yes, it is an evil. Taking money off people with menaces, is surely an evil whether the robber does it, or the government does it. But I do not accept that taking even more of it is more "fair".
As it stands TODAY, somone on £30k/year pays £4k tax and perhaps gets back some in benefits. Someone on £200k/year pays £76,000. 19 times as much tax on less than 7 times the income. And we are told this is not fair on the poorer person?!?!? Bonkers, just bonkers.