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I wonder how many Corbynites have big gardens and know about the land tax he is wanting to introduce?

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  • 4 years ago
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    Well, from what he has promised, he is gonna need an awful lotta tax ! Won't just be big gardens he'll be going after methinks !!

  • 4 years ago

    You have taken the Tory hook, the line, and the sinker. However, one of the reasons for the UK having such a massive national debt is that the government has taken loans to cover the price increases caused by not raising council tax, to a breakeven leavel.

    Another reason, for the national debt, is that everybody wants something for nothing. So the government takes loans to cover the running costs of the country. That the interest on these loans is passed on to the taxpayer, doesn't seem to bother them.

    The interest that is paid on the loans to cover the national debt, is to the benefit of those that give the loans, but this interest could be put to good work in other sectors of society.

    Ask yourself, how much more NHS could we get, for the interest that we pay on our massive national debt.

  • 4 years ago

    The Labour Party has not said anything about a 'Land Tax'. It is Tory Fake News.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    That's tory gossip from the sun. There are no such plans. The manifesto says council tax will be reviewed, and it needs reviewing. Your bill goes by the value of your house in 1991, it takes no account of how much you earn and takes no account of if you own it or rent it. Council tax was a quick fix to stop everyone going mad over poll tax which was a bill going to everyone over 18. Council tax is only a bit more fair than poll tax because the bill covers the whole household instead of everyone over 18 who lives there. It needs reviewing now because house prices from 1991 are obviously no longer relevant and they are even more irrelevant if you don't actually own the house.

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