Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "Martin Lewis reacts to Budget | LBC" video.

Tax on fuel has not been raised for ages and is not being raised now. Thank your luck you don't rely on public transport. Have a beer. Tax is going down on that. The minimum wage is rising. Allowances for carers are rising. Really only those with more discretionary money available to spend on additional assets will be taxed more e.g. on profits on those assets when sold or inheritance tax after death. Employers will be taxed more but smaller employers with have exemptions.
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Or to put it another way, those who can more afford to pay to contribute more to public services we need.
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Inheritance tax does not affect people while they are alive and only affects 6% of households anyway.
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Taxpayers are not really made poorer overall by all the measures, only the wealthier ones but they won't be poor.
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What evidence do you have that these are overpaid since any wage rises have been below inflation for years while workloads have been growing and and consequently he services have found it difficult to fill vacancies and staff opt to go abroad where health service pay rates are higher?
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@JelWard-y1v Surely you didn't expect magic overnight repair after so many years of neglect?
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How conned?
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But also an increase in the amount that can carers can earn before carer's allowance is removed and wages are generally increasing including minimum wage rates.
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@samanthawhiting7962 People can choose how to spend their money though. Is yours an argument for paying the lowest possible wages?
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@samanthawhiting7962 I don't understand your penultimate sentence. It's not grammatical and doesn't seem to make sense.
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Unless it comes out of profits rather than prices. Competition should keep prices down. Wages are going up in any case and that hasn't caused an increase in inflation,. so far, despite all the grisly warnings in the Tory press.
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