daverichardson
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Thought I would set this bomb ticking as I am off to sunny Portugal next week
Here we go.
I am old enough to remember Rates. An unfair tax by most measures
MrsT recognised this and as a vote catcher brought about Poll Tax and experimented in Scotland
What a disaster that turned out to be so it was replaced with CTax
It seemed to me that the levels for the bands were set arbitrarily and there are many anomalies of which I have direct personal experience. No councilor has come out with a rational explanation - at least in my area
All decidedly unequal
A band G in my area is £350 per month and I get Bins emptied once a week (free - N Yorks I believe charges),
insurance of the Fire Brigade and now I am struggling to see any other services.
Police are absent, no community officers, roads in disrepair, litter is collected by volunteers, town centre gone etc etc.
The council have a sustained regular income from CTax over the lifetime of the resident that is managed poorly and adds little or no value to my lifestyle yet I put up with it!
Solutions please
Here we go.
I am old enough to remember Rates. An unfair tax by most measures
MrsT recognised this and as a vote catcher brought about Poll Tax and experimented in Scotland
What a disaster that turned out to be so it was replaced with CTax
It seemed to me that the levels for the bands were set arbitrarily and there are many anomalies of which I have direct personal experience. No councilor has come out with a rational explanation - at least in my area
All decidedly unequal
A band G in my area is £350 per month and I get Bins emptied once a week (free - N Yorks I believe charges),
insurance of the Fire Brigade and now I am struggling to see any other services.
Police are absent, no community officers, roads in disrepair, litter is collected by volunteers, town centre gone etc etc.
The council have a sustained regular income from CTax over the lifetime of the resident that is managed poorly and adds little or no value to my lifestyle yet I put up with it!
Solutions please