Re: income tax - raise the basic rate, raise the threshhold. Collect more money from the people who have money, save admin scraping in coppers from those who don't. And while you're at it, stop wasting money on pursuing 'social security scroungers' who are mainly scrounging very small sums, and put your effort into collecting large amounts of unpaid tax. (I simplify, but that's the outline). But politicians aren't allowed to say that raising taxes is a good idea - and the media won't allow them to. I woke up to some journalist on the Today programme talking about how no-one wanted higher taxes...
Re: your vote - some much depends on your constituency, I think. The Greens won't get to form a government, but could form a useful opposition (or maybe your vote could save their deposit). Then again, if the Liberals don't do well this time, we can say goodbye to any idea of electoral reform. Then again... as you say!
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Date: 2010-05-03 09:38 am (UTC)Re: your vote - some much depends on your constituency, I think. The Greens won't get to form a government, but could form a useful opposition (or maybe your vote could save their deposit). Then again, if the Liberals don't do well this time, we can say goodbye to any idea of electoral reform. Then again... as you say!