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reducing congestion
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:19:42 -0000, "Oliver Keating"
wrote: "Mikael Armstrong" wrote in message ... I can't say I have a second home, but why should a second home be heavily taxed? Because people who own 2 houses are clearly very rich, and the rich should be targeted for tax for two reasons: 1) Social justice 2) It would actually be impossible to raise enough revenue if everyone was taxed to the same %age because the rich provide a disproportionately large chunk of revenue. Therefore ... accepting your arguments, the Government should tax the rich very heavily and directly. Taxing people who have second homes is inefficient - you use the word 'clearly' but don't / can't justify. Of course the Government hasn't got the guts to tax heavily - that would involve looking less voter friendly ! I like the idea of 'social justice' insofar as a second home is much less heavily used in terms of local resources: waste disposal, road maintenance and so forth, and should therefore be comparatively lightly taxed. |
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