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Sandra Stevens's avatar

TAX THE super rich AND the BANKS.

And also tax frequent flyers.

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Daphne Gilbert's avatar

Disagree on state pension. Already lowest in G7. You can’t live on state pension alone as it is.

Raising pension age when it is already too high? Would be sentencing many of the poorest paid to work till death! Should be rolled out by aged 60 on voluntary basis…you can’t have a blanket rule for sedentary and manual or highly stressful work!

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Linda Martin's avatar

But there are many, like me, wealthy pensioners. Surely it would be fairer to raise the basic pension and take it back in taxes from the more wealthy pensioners. This would negate the need for more people to monitor the benefit system and provise more for the poorest pensioners.

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John Falch's avatar

SEIZE EXCESSIVE WEALTH, to massively reduce national debt.The rich got their money by extorting it from the poor, by making excessive profits, by underpaying their suppliers and staff. Then they bought as many assets as possible, so they could inflate prices all the more for the 99% relatively poor. Let's rebalanced the world by SEIZIBG EXCESSIVE WEALTH, ie anything held personally over £10M estimated net worth.

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Christine Ladyman's avatar

I'm so tired of everyone punching down... Rob the pensioners, attack those in need, starve the children! And the lies about people leaving if they're taxed, is infuriating! Why shouldn't they pay? Why, when they underpay staff who then need benefits, who are then criticised as lazy and the real benefit goes to greedy bosses.... who don't pay anything in!!!!!

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PerraVerde's avatar

Definitely time to tax the banks.(remind me again, when were they bailed out and who paid for that?) AND tax the ultra, mega, super rich. AND close their off-shore secret stashes.

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Rage's avatar

Start with TAX the SUPER RICH and the BANKS and WINDFALL TAXES for all super profits earned recently and the FREQUENT FLYERS - this lot can all afford to pay some fair taxes and many may be very proud to pay their fair share - as I was when paying higher rate 40% tax on my salary back in the early 2000s.

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