The living wage
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The living wage
by Showboat » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:04 pm
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Re: The living wage
by Stratego » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:43 pm
Why are you using gross for one and net for the other?
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Re: The living wage
by Showboat » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:50 pm
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Re: The living wage
by The Comrade » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:33 pm
eliminate taxes! private infrastructure! death to the state!
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Re: The living wage
by OGPhilly » Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:45 am
I don't think this is an argument that can be taken seriously. Pointing out that low-income workers would have more take-home pay if there were no taxes isn't really a counterpoint (or actually related) to the argument that all workers should get a living wage.
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Re: The living wage
by Stratego » Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:24 am
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Re: The living wage
by Sparse1 » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:31 am
Income tax and other direct taxation is largely irrelevant because it is factored into the labour market.
Indirect taxation is much more of an issue, in the UK the totally absurd level of tax on fuel is massively damaging to those on low-incomes and dramatically increases the costs of many businesses which forces them to then cut costs elsewhere.
If the government scrapped fuel duty and made the money up on income tax they would be extremely unpopular but would make pretty much everybody better off.
Indirect taxation is much more of an issue, in the UK the totally absurd level of tax on fuel is massively damaging to those on low-incomes and dramatically increases the costs of many businesses which forces them to then cut costs elsewhere.
If the government scrapped fuel duty and made the money up on income tax they would be extremely unpopular but would make pretty much everybody better off.
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