I wouldn't disagree on the specifics, but in the round I believe in a tax-funded government. Our county council is closing children's centres, removing rural bus subsidies, cutting back education support, and a thousand other cuts. The more people that avoid tax, the more cuts there'll be.
The tax receipts from individuals are a tiny fraction of those paid/due from large entities. The cuts are not due to individual tax dodgers, they are politically motivated.
In general Tory governments cut taxes, Labour increase them. As we swing back and forwards between parties the tax take oscillates backwards and forwards. This is all about political ideology rather than the actual budget.
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I wouldn't disagree on the specifics, but in the round I believe in a tax-funded government. Our county council is closing children's centres, removing rural bus subsidies, cutting back education support, and a thousand other cuts. The more people that avoid tax, the more cuts there'll be.
The tax receipts from individuals are a tiny fraction of those paid/due from large entities. The cuts are not due to individual tax dodgers, they are politically motivated.
In general Tory governments cut taxes, Labour increase them. As we swing back and forwards between parties the tax take oscillates backwards and forwards. This is all about political ideology rather than the actual budget.