Cast_Iron wrote in message
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Ian Smith wrote:

... Tax all income at the same base
%, rich or poor; and abolish all other forms of taxation,
which are nothing more than a tax on already-taxed income.

Yup, I'd go for that. I'm sure most pensioners and other non income tax
payers would welcome it.

Why?

Their income - whatever it happened to be - would fall into the category
"all income". As well as dividends and interest receipts, that would include
pensions, child benefit, jobseeker's allowance, supplementary benefit, etc,
etc (indeed, it would have to if *all* other taxes were abolished).

Don't forget it's an income tax, not an earnings tax.