SNP and the council tax

[Returnofrros]

Talking about introducing more bands.

Code for any **** band D and above paying a lot more.

How many decades is it since they promised to abolish it?

Given 7 years is a generation must be aboot 3 generations.

Cretins

[islaydarkblue]

Talking about introducing more bands.

Code for any **** band D and above paying a lot more.

How many decades is it since they promised to abolish it?

Given 7 years is a generation must be aboot 3 generations.

Cretins

The SNP manifesto for the 2007 Scottish elections was to scrap council tax and replace it with a local income tax. https://www.localgov.co.uk/Scrap-the...to-pledge/1147
Their manifesto pledge was binned in 2009 after they got into power.
I would scrap all the current local authorities throughout Scotland which are full of unnecessary management being paid six figure salaries and bring back Regional Councils.
This would get rid of duplication on a massive scale amongst local authority staff and councillors.
This time there would be no District Councils which were introduced as a sop to the former town councils such as Monifieth Town Council and Carnoustie Town Council.
I do not what the increase in pay for the Leader of Dundee City Council commencing 1st April 2025 is but it has been announced on social media that the Leader of Argyll and Bute Council has received a 17.2% increase in his salary which was set at a National level.
John Alexander will be wishing that he had remained as the Leader of Dundee City Council with the Dundee City Council members secretary dealing with all his work including replying to emails sent to him during their working week from Monday to Friday.

[The AuldYin]

Broadest shoulders etc.

[BCram]

Broadest shoulders etc.

Broadest shoulders don't last for ever. Need a new approach which is collected by an existing tax gathering system, like VAT. Add 1% to VAT. Then distribute the amount collected as part of block grant on a per capita basis.

[deecom]

The tories introduced the poll tax because home owners were complaining about the rates system, the poll tax was a fairer system,
but we all know what happened there,
The labour party in Scotland had the chance to change the system, they tinkered round the edges, but as usual did nothing.
The SNP had the local income tax in their 2014 manifesto, at last we had politicians thinking outside the box !

The local income tax is a fairer system, its a proportional system based on what you earn, not where you live or what your house is worth.
I fell out with Stuart Hosie a few years ago, when he said they were in discussions with other parties regarding the local income tax.

now for evermore we have a property tax, where the ability to pay is not taken into consideration .
Once again back to a historical system which is totally unfair.

[GB72]

So the 15 adults in the big houses across from the Swann ponds won?t really be affected.

But the young couple saving up hard trying to better themselves, will be.

Who honestly votes for these lunatics

[Returnofrros]

So the 15 adults in the big houses across from the Swann ponds won?t really be affected.

But the young couple saving up hard trying to better themselves, will be.

Who honestly votes for these lunatics

Lunatics vote lunatic.

Totally unfair but hey the great unwashed don't have to pay fair share.

[BCram]

So the 15 adults in the big houses across from the Swann ponds won?t really be affected.

But the young couple saving up hard trying to better themselves, will be.

Who honestly votes for these lunatics

We do, and nothing changes. We vote on the basis of what is better for me. Politicians know that and exploit us.

[Returnofrros]

We do, and nothing changes. We vote on the basis of what is better for me. Politicians know that and exploit us.

Nobody has ever gave me a rational explanation of why property should be taxed to pay for local services.......broadest shoulders .....that's not true .......kills ambition and the housing market......I'd have it all funded centrally, local govt really dosent work.......look at the dab eejits in charge of Dundee.....FTD in the Balmore is a favourite pastime......and the cretins in charge of Angus whose sole plan seems to turn everyone homo***ual, get them on bikes and build houses right up against Dundee boundary.

[BCram]

Nobody has ever gave me a rational explanation of why property should be taxed to pay for local services.......broadest shoulders .....that's not true .......kills ambition and the housing market......I'd have it all funded centrally, local govt really dosent work.......look at the dab eejits in charge of Dundee.....FTD in the Balmore is a favourite pastime......and the cretins in charge of Angus whose sole plan seems to turn everyone homo***ual, get them on bikes and build houses right up against Dundee boundary.

Politics of envy. Poor people don't own as much property, so tax based on property hits the richer members of the population. ALSO property can be allocated to the council wherein it sits. Adds the local element, and gives the councils something they can spend.