The perfect solution would be to have a two tiered tax system then everybody wins. The basic system where people pay what they have to and then a optional levy that people like r00fie can pay extra directly towards housing and feeding these economic migrants. These people can get the help they need and only those that want to pay and can pay towards them do so. It would allow people like r00fie to feel vastly superior to everyone else too. I suspect a lot of people that say we need to help these people though don’t actually want to pay themselves, they want everyone to pay, it’s a bit like the multimillionaire Geldof who I’m assuming is still waiting for those asylum seekers to move into his house. It’s all irrelevant to me anyway, I work in aviation so along with 10% of the population come October I probably won’t be paying any tax for years.
Patronage and personal abuse dont put you or your opinions in a positive light.
I work with people - some of whom have ended up in the gutter, with complex mental health and other issues - bottom of the pile - including Armed Forces Veterans.
If the only way you can counter reasoned argument is with rubbish about superiority, then you need to reflect and ask why you cant present a considered reply.
I suggest we cut the personal abuse and focus on those tax dodgers and avoiders - like Amazon, who screw us by paying a miniscule amount into the treasury by creative accounting.
I suggest we spend less of our taxes funding jobs for the boys and corrupt deals in Government. Maybe stop subsidising failed Privatised Railway Franchise Companies. Perhaps we could campaign against "contracting out" [Privatisation - money for profit] NHS Services and keep the money for investment in public services.
Theres no shortage of money to bail out the banks.
Just to finish: Like you, I work for a living and pay income tax. There are many things which people in power do with our money which I dont particularly agree with.
If you want what you earn just for you - then there are the Channel Islands and various other British dependencies ["Tax havens" - for tax dodgers] where you can pile it as high as you like and pay for everything yourself.
Mty tax, like yours, pays towards
elderly care,
pre-school nurseries,
specialist care services such as end-of-life,
cancer-care,
acquired brain injury,
organic conditions such as demenetia,
drug and alcohol services,
domestic violence and safeguarding services,
child protection,
acute adult mental health services,
eating disorder services,
emergency services in Hospitals and in the community ......but I dont begrudge any of them money from my income tax and national insurance, because one day it might be us that needs any or all of those services.
As a "civilised" (?!) country I dont deny anyone the right to a roof over their head, heating, lighting and food.
We owe it to our fellow human beings to treat everyone with dignity, respect, empathy, care and give them the tools to make positive decisions in their lives.
Alegedly the 6th richest country per capita in the world - where is this capital?
Who has power over it?
Why are the many, not the few, left paying for the rich to keep hold of it, when our needs (99%) are far greater?
Keep the abuse to yourself and we can all have a reasoned debate, using facts and figures - not heresay, anecdotes and newspaper headlines.
Thanks.