Originally Posted by
Sgt Pepper
FP
Sometimes I think the most disadvantaged group who are not listened to by any government are middle to upper income earners. In effect we pay the bills for the entire country, I base this belief on the following, and I concede could be construed as unwarranted observations.
When our children (they are all over 20 now)were young there was no working for families, family benefit had been abolished, you had what you had and that was it. We had 3 daughters, we paid income tax and contributed . WFF has merits, but I believe everyone should contribute via the tax system to the cost of running a civilised society. I don,t think its fair or wise that a family of three , earning $50K receiving WFF pays in effect zero income tax whereas we have to contribute many thousands in PAYE every year