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In 2009 the Telegraph estimated that the cost of the Lib Dem Tuitions Fees pledge would be £2.5 billion a year. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/liberaldemocrats/6212180/Nick-Clegg-faces-tuition-fees-u-turn-backlash.html
In 2012 the IFS estimated that the agreement to raise the income tax threshold (to £10K) would/will cost much more than the Tuition Fees pledge. http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/6045
It therefore seems to me.....that if Nick Clegg had gone into the Coaltion talks saying "Tuition Fees is the Red Line. Tuition Fee Policy is Non Negotiable." then he would have got that. Because at that moment....at the very start of the talks.....the Tories were desperate.
So.....we have to ask: Why did Nick Clegg sacrifice Tuition Fees - by far the cheaper of his top 2 Red Line demands - with the knowledge that there was a significant danger that the backlash would be devastating, possibly enough to destroy the Libdems, possibly enough to destroy Nick Clegg.
He must have known that. It is impossible that he did not consider that!
And so......we have to consider the possibility (even though this is a Politician that we are discussing) that Nick Clegg was telling the truth :-O :-O when he told us that the 10k Tax Threshold jumped to the top of his demands because it was the right thing to do for the country.
The issue is when they got into power things were worse than they thought - the problem was making firm promises in the knowledge that you may not be able to deliver on them. The fault lies with us as we are like kids in a sweet shop and we always want candy. Tax cuts, more spent on the NHS, no uni fees ... the interest payments on the UK's debt was eye watering. If a politician was really honest we wouldn't vote for them.
The £10K threshold was the right thing to do ...
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Can anyone here imagine Dave sacrificing his skin to "do the right thing" ??
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Say a pair of work shoes costs £100.
For somebody on a low wage £20 in tax is a much higher proportion of their income compared to somebody on a higher wage.
We should scrap VAT and make up the difference with income tax.
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I'll take your word for it but it really doesn't sounds like it when you say "Do we really want people on 12-14k paying the same tax as people on 20k+". They aren't even close to the same.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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