From: Alex Butcher 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Lib Dems to scrap council tax
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:21:21 +0100

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:32:35 +0100, Doug Ramage wrote:


> "Paul Joel"  wrote in message
> news:1q2dnZfKevzELeyiRVn-hw@giganews.com...
>>
>>  >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3130988.stm
>>
> 
>>
>> Council services are provided to each person, not to each house, and
>> therefore should be billed on a per person basis, not a per house (and
>> especially not a per house value) basis.
>>
>>
> Sounds like Maggie's Poll Tax?

Not quite, because a local income tax would be directly based on ability
to pay.

Best Regards,
Alex.
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