tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post7042322582549662207..comments2024-03-25T12:55:40.911+00:00Comments on Caron's Musings: Cowardly SNP Break Local Income Tax PledgeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-80645019437915725512009-02-12T09:56:00.000+00:002009-02-12T09:56:00.000+00:00"LIT will transfer yet more of the fiscal burden f..."LIT will transfer yet more of the fiscal burden from the wealthiest to the poorest." (From the comment above)<BR/><BR/>Really? You'll have to explain that one to me.<BR/><BR/>And as for the original post, I do not think it's fair to use the word 'abandonment', it's still policy, just not one that will be presented to Parliament this term.Grogipherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781013801121569150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-48075755572660225732009-02-12T08:59:00.000+00:002009-02-12T08:59:00.000+00:00No. While council tax is unfair and certainly need...No. While council tax is unfair and certainly needs to be radically reformed or replaced, what we don't need - least of all the poor - is another tax on productive endeavour. <BR/><BR/>Like all deadweight taxes on jobs, LIT will transfer yet more of the fiscal burden from the wealthiest to the poorest. Axe the Council Tax by all means, but let's not replace it with another burden on employment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-48387289305143116282009-02-12T07:22:00.000+00:002009-02-12T07:22:00.000+00:00LIT surely helps the poor, much more so than the d...LIT surely helps the poor, much more so than the deeply unfair council tax which we are lumbered with for even longer.....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-64255810954548961122009-02-11T22:37:00.000+00:002009-02-11T22:37:00.000+00:00Ditching LIT is the best thing the Nats have done ...Ditching LIT is the best thing the Nats have done in a long time. Income tax is an impost on jobs, passed on in the cost of goods and services with, proportionately, the most harmful impact on the poor. It's about time we Lib Dems followed suit and lived up to our pledge to shift the burden off work and onto unearned wealth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com