http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2005/09/30/flat-tax/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:22:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2005/09/30/flat-tax/#comment-681 david Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:05:21 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/?p=433#comment-681 I sort of agree with you. I think shroeder has shown why this will never fly in a western european election. the cleaner paying the same as a millionaire is just to good a strap line. also the huge surge in collections that proponents claim for it is already well in an emerging east european economy but slightly different is a sophisticated western one. however I do think the problems with flat taxes should not make us rule out flater taxes. for instances the fact that anyone earning the minimum wage should be paying income tax is absurd. higher personal allowances are a progressive tax cutting measure much used by (oh my god) nigel lawson and cutting personal allowances are regressive much loved by gordon brown. I'm pleased the lib dem tax commission is looking at this. I sort of agree with you. I think shroeder has shown why this will never fly in a western european election. the cleaner paying the same as a millionaire is just to good a strap line. also the huge surge in collections that proponents claim for it is already well in an emerging east european economy but slightly different is a sophisticated western one. however I do think the problems with flat taxes should not make us rule out flater taxes. for instances the fact that anyone earning the minimum wage should be paying income tax is absurd. higher personal allowances are a progressive tax cutting measure much used by (oh my god) nigel lawson and cutting personal allowances are regressive much loved by gordon brown. I’m pleased the lib dem tax commission is looking at this.

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