From: john boyle 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Why is there a "Council Tax" related to house valuation in the UK
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 02:07:18 +0100

In message <4272cfa1.4259564@news.individual.net>, Jim Ley 
 writes
>Surely it's just a consumption tax of the space you use to live in, I
>don't see it as wholly illogical, I much prefer being taxed on
>consumption, and if you choose to consume more, you should be taxed
>more.

Eh?

How is space 'consumed'?

There is just as much of it after you have lived in it as there was 
before.

-- 
John Boyle