Quote Originally Posted by Returnofrros View Post
Where this is going barmy notso is everyone is becoming entitled .......like my free central heating system .....I honestly could afford my own......but I'm not gonna pay if someone else is.

I agree there should be no punishment for aspiration, aspiration is good and shouldn't be punished.....but we have to move away from entitlement........and we will given what we have spent on COVID.

It's like council tax, why should you buying and paying for a bigger house cost you more than someone who uses more water, has more bodies in the house, more bins to empty.
That is why the Community Charge was a perfect system to pay for local authority services.
However people with 4 wages coming into a house would rather pay the same local taxes (rates, now called council tax) as a widow living on her own in the same size of house.
I would scrap Council Tax and bring in a local sales tax. That would mean people who have more money to spend would contribute more money through a local sales tax than a poorer person.
Holiday makers travelling to stay on a Scottish island such as Islay would contribute to the cost of local authority services through a local sales tax whereas as present the local hotels, guest houses and people who rent out their self catering properties get all the benefits while the local council taxpayer pays for the cost of extra damage to the roads and the uplift of more litter lying about.
Don’t get me started about the Scottish Government ‘flagship’ Small Business Bonus Scheme which is ultimately paid for by everyone throughout Scotland including Dundee and is abused by some people on Islay.
A local sales tax would also stop all the parasites who live in Monifieth, Carnoustie, Birkhill, Invergowrie, Newport, Tayport and Wormit coming to Dundee to do their shopping in Tesco and Asda whilst paying a lower Council Tax living in Angus, Perthshire and Fife.