View Poll Results: Should there be a Capital Gains Tax on Property
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No
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Yes
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Goff is just an idiot
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Epic fail for Labour
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Originally Posted by dibble
The question should be "what sort of country do we want". If you value health, education, a clean environment, well trained police officers, minimally corrupt officials etc it must all be paid for. And if you think outsourcing things is cheaper note that the US Govt still spends a lot per capita on health (cant remember the figures but more than some OECD countries where health is free). So the answer is probably something like tax needs to somehow reflect spending and if residents decide they dont like paying "too much" tax despite enjoying the benefits and depart then good riddance.
Which does nothing to address the issue of the proportion of tax that should be paid by individuals. What rate for each individual represents a "fair share" of the burden for these services? Let's put aside the separate and very subjective argument of which specific services and what level of services are essential.
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