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Oh dear - "middle class" are going to suffer

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    Oh dear - "middle class" are going to suffer

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8319646.stm

    Benefits for the middle classes should be taken away to avoid higher taxes, a centre-right think tank has suggested.

    Reform says payments including maternity pay, child benefit, the winter fuel allowance and TV licences for the elderly could be scrapped.

    It says the UK spends £31bn a year on such benefits, equivalent to an extra 8 pence on the basic rate of income tax.

    Reform says while times are hard, the leanest welfare system focused on the most needy, is all the UK can afford.

    It defines middle class as a household where the total income equates to £15,000 a year for each adult and £5,000 per child.


    Nice.

    #2
    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    It defines middle class as a household where the total income equates to £15,000 a year for each adult and £5,000 per child.
    So a single person earning 15K in central London is middle class...

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      #3
      Originally posted by centurian View Post
      So a single person earning 15K in central London is middle class...
      Yeah, the filthy rich snobs. I hope they don't expect anything for their taxes, they can pay it out of their vast income.

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        #4
        In this country it's only worth being very poor or very rich.
        Because in both cases you can have a laugh and not give a tulip.
        But history shows the middle class rebel if you squeeze them enough.

        Time to emigrate, methinks ...
        Hard Brexit now!
        #prayfornodeal

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          #5
          Luckily my "income" is less than that, so....

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            #6
            Originally posted by sasguru View Post

            Time to emigrate, methinks ...
            OK see you - have fun!

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              #7
              Originally posted by sasguru View Post
              In this country it's only worth being very poor or very rich.
              Because in both cases you can have a laugh and not give a tulip.
              That's me.

              Originally posted by sasguru View Post
              Time to emigrate, methinks ...
              Already done it.
              How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

              Follow me on Twitter - LinkedIn Profile - The HAB blog - New Blog: Mad Cameron
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                #8
                I agree with this. I get £20 a week from HMRC for my little one but I don't really need it.

                However I would say that all benefits should be scrapped. IMO the state should only provide:

                * defence (couple of nukes pointed at France should do)
                * police
                * basic education with limited number of funded university places
                * basic bare essential health care
                * soup kitchens in time of recession

                Income tax set to around 12p/£ flat, first £10K free. Scrap NI and everything else.
                Cats are evil.

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                  #9
                  I was a 'Barker', most definitely feel like a 'Corbett' these days.

                  I know my place.
                  Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
                    I was a 'Barker', most definitely feel like a 'Corbett' these days.

                    I know my place.
                    I look up to 'Corbett'
                    How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

                    Follow me on Twitter - LinkedIn Profile - The HAB blog - New Blog: Mad Cameron
                    Xeno points: +5 - Asperger rating: 36 - Paranoid Schizophrenic rating: 44%

                    "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to high office" - Aesop

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