Comments for Another U-turn at http://www.adamsmith.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.adamsmith.org Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:52:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/politics/another-u%11turn-200804241279/#comment-89 It get's better - we wouldn't need so many civil serveants with their index linked guranteed pensions. Would we even need so many Treasury Ministers. Perhaps there are some other areas where to paraphase Flanders and Swann "it all makes work for the Civil Service to do". This doesn't take account of all the daft ideas we have to pay for or initaitives which add no value. - Dave Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:27:22 +0100 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/politics/another-u%11turn-200804241279/#comment-84 Steve Doerr's argument doesn't acknowledge two things: 1. Even if you don't pay income tax, you pay other taxes such as VAT. 2. The point of higher tax allowances is to allow people to live without state handouts and to provide incentives. There is simply no point in taking income tax off people if you then have to effectively refund them so that they have enough to live on. - HJ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:00:34 +0100 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/politics/another-u%11turn-200804241279/#comment-83 On the other hand, it's dangerous to have a section of the electorate who can vote for politicians to spend more money but who don't pay taxes themselves. I'm not sure where ASI stood on the poll tax, but if they supported it then there's a basic contradiction between that and their current advocacy of taking lots of low-paid workers out of the tax 'net'. - Steve Doerr Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:03:13 +0100 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/politics/another-u%11turn-200804241279/#comment-79 Yup. If there is one single thing that I could do to change the tax system, it would be at least doubling the personal allowance. - Mark Wadsworth Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:23:41 +0100