From: zacb@gmx.co.uk (Zac Beeston)
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Why is council tax so high?
Date: 23 Sep 2004 04:01:30 -0700

"Tim"  wrote in message news:...
> "Zac Beeston" wrote
> > Why should someone that can't afford to throw away as many
> > large goods subsidise your unusual rubbish being taken away?
> 
> Hmmmm.  If you're going to say that, then also - "Why should a high earner
> paying lots of tax, subsidise the lifestyle-choice of those who decide to
> live off state benefits rather than work for a living?"

Spell checked:

Are you comparing disposing on a fridge because it doesn't have an
icemaker or doesn't match the new worktops with preventing people
starving to death on the streets? Having to drop the back seats of the
SUV and take an old fridge to the local tip is an inconvenience, being
made unemployed/redundant and facing the prospect of ending up on the
streets is slightly more serious.

Some pensioners live entirely on state benefits, having worked and
contributed to the Treasury their entire lives. Im not going to
suggest that some people don't abuse the benefits system either by
claiming benefits they're not entitled to or not actively trying to
find work, etc... but why penalise the majority because the of a
minority?