Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "3 Ways The Government Can Get More MONEY without Taxes" video.

  1. Actually, as a proportion of their income, people on benefits pay a larger proportion of their income on taxes. Why? Nearly 30% of working households are in receipts of benefits. So at least for 30% of households, work doesn't pay. Secondly, the disabled and long-term sick receive benefits. The elderly receive benefits on top of their state pension. They all have to buy goods on which taxes are levied: energy, food, clothing, books, stationary, postage, mobile phone credits, and public transport,childrens clothing and nappies. So, working people pay income tax, national insurance, council tax and so people on benefits. If you can live on less than 400 gbp per month, and not pay tax, you could not function in society, because almost everything is taxed. Energy, for example is taxed at 5% VAT. Spend 60 gbp on electricity and £3.00 goes on tax. Buy children's clothing that VAT at 20%. Get on a bus, thats 20%. Post a letter, or buy something from ebay that you can get locally, 20%. So people on benefits pay more as a percentage of what income they get on taxes. So it's actually false to suppose those on benefits are living it large. Indeed, they are not. Hence the rise in shoplifting, the modern day equivalent of the Spiv on the corner selling black market goods. So your belief is false. If it's still open to the public, look up the Local Authority Association database, which contains economic data collected by Local Authorities. Their figures are upto date. There are many things wrong with our country, including it's economic ideas that got us into this mess, and that's nothing new. Work can only be a panacea when you get paid enough to function on Society. Cutting benefits isn't economically sane. Because unemployment is going up. And to look for work, and to be available for work, one needs a mobile number. You need Internet access, and you need money to travel to interviews. And you need to look presentable to get hired. All that costs money. So, go ahead and cuts benefits, keep child poverty, malnutrition, and deprivation going up. No; bring back the poorhouse. We got rid of things like that for good reason. Work needs to pay, or all it does is sow the seeds of further problems. And bad judgments made without recourse to facts or reality.
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