Quote Originally Posted by 54FairAndSquare View Post
"Your saying that that universal policies are unfair and regressive."

No I'm not. I'm saying that it is progressive to increase taxes for those who can most afford to pay. Something the Tories and SNP are against.
Tories have always been a low tax party particularly at the higher end big earners, And your right the SNP chose to leave the tax band as it was where the Libdems and Labour wanted a 1p increase on the basic rate. The SNP argument was at a time of austerity was not the right time for tax increases, As far as I know they don't have the power to vary tax rates (so they could tax the richer) it has to be across the board.