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[email protected] · October 9th 12, 01:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.rec.driving

On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 14:14:56 +0100
Clive wrote:
In message , d
writes
No. If someone can't afford to live in their house thats their problem, not
the governments. But thats rather different to the government coming along and
saying "That house is worth something, we want some of it, now cough up".
Another way to approach this is to have many more council tax bands
going all the way up to (Ballpark £5m) so that those in expensive
properties pay proportionately more and is normal for those in ordinary
housing. You wouldn't then be paying mansion tax, just a fair amount
of council tax. With the end result being the same.

Well , we could debate the merits of council tax being based on property
value rather than services the property receives for hours, but certainly
that wouldn't instantly render some familes homeless.

Anyway , there's no chance of this hairbrained bill making it through. If it
does the tories are finished for a generation as they'll have ****ed their own
supporters royally.

B2003