Budget 2015: Coalition 'to raise personal allowance towards £11k'

[Unix]

How would that win the election for them ? Making tax system simpler is not a priority, winning the election is.

Everyone would love to pay less tax.

[fullyautomatix]

Everyone would love to pay no tax.

ftfy

[vetran]

ftfy

wrong, I'm quite happy to pay a fair share but i don't see why I should Fund Bob Crowe's council house or the government pouring money down the drain.

[moggy]

wrong, I'm quite happy to pay a fair share but i don't see why I should Fund Bob Crowe's council house or the government pouring money down the drain.

Bob Crow is dead isn't he?

[d000hg]

Everyone would love to pay less tax.

Everyone would love paying less tax to be a sustainable option.

[vetran]

Bob Crow is dead isn't he?

yes but for years he lived in a subsidised council house whilst earning £150k a year, I assume his family still live there.

he is not the only famous person to do so, he was just the most high profile and publicly arrogant one to do so.

[Unix]

Everyone would love paying less tax to be a sustainable option.

Less tax less avoidance/evasion == more overall tax.

[d000hg]

Less tax less avoidance/evasion == more overall tax.

Not even close. Those on super-high earnings would still consider it worth it for the substantial savings, and those in the regular "higher tax bracket" range mostly just pay their tax anyway.

[DodgyAgent]

wrong, I'm quite happy to pay a fair share but i don't see why I should Fund Bob Crowe's burial plot or the government pouring money down the drain.

[DodgyAgent]

I would have no problem paying tax if it were spent effectively This foreign aid law is an expensive stunt - Telegraph

It is particularly revealing that left wing commentators that bang on about taxing people more never ever demand that tax be spent properly. Which is why so many public services are privatised to monopoly holding corporates.
The service is transferred from a public monopoly to a private one that usually delivers a better though far from decent service.