tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post8802177599293227098..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: A constructive way forward on Tax CreditsChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-49711487811357814102015-11-01T16:39:30.477+00:002015-11-01T16:39:30.477+00:00I think you're absolutely right there, Peter, ...I think you're absolutely right there, Peter, and I also think he will do so.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-14441267059993091372015-10-31T21:17:48.756+00:002015-10-31T21:17:48.756+00:00Notwithstanding that we do need to reform tax cred...Notwithstanding that we do need to reform tax credits, sometimes we have to accept we got it wrong, it is a pity that we got to the messy outcome with the Lords but I do hope George Osborne really does listen. We mustn't become victims of hubris otherwise the brilliant work he's done to get the economy on the mend will be undone by giving fuel to the braying opposition - who seem to be without sensible ideas of their own.<br /><br />Peter McAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-10241063869728021112015-10-28T19:20:07.042+00:002015-10-28T19:20:07.042+00:00Ah,
Nuff said.Ah,<br /><br />Nuff said.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-43087719620027816402015-10-28T18:58:01.901+00:002015-10-28T18:58:01.901+00:00Why were tax credits introduced?
At the risk of s...Why were tax credits introduced?<br /><br />At the risk of sounding terminally cynical, because Gordon Brown thought they would help build Labour a client state which would lock people into voting Labour. Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-79825696387610549912015-10-28T18:42:32.038+00:002015-10-28T18:42:32.038+00:00Can someone please explain to me why tax credits w...Can someone please explain to me why tax credits were introduced. The whole system just makes no sense to me at all. You tax someone on their wage, then you use a selective method to decide who is eligable to receive their money back in a "state hand out" which is only really returning their own money, and then make that look like its the government helping?<br /><br />how on earth does that work, why not, just <b>Not</b> tax the money, the persons own money, in the first place?<br /><br />I just honestly don't get the idea, I never have done. Its like me forcing you Chris to give me £100 of your wages next month, then if you meet my criteria, that is you go to work in a clown suit for a week, you can have your £100 cash back, and then me advertising the fact I am helping you by paying you the £100.<br /><br />Its just makes no sense at all.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com