Quote Originally Posted by eric_sinclair View Post
Different policies help different people,bringing up a family has crazy costs unless you can afford your wife to stay off work.
We were £500 a month 17 years ago for nursery,cringe to think what it is now.
You get a wee help when kid is 3 I think.
Then you have the free bus travel now for youngsters,my daughter is away to start at Andrews in sept so we benefit from this.
I suppose you can't please everyone.
And remember Maggie started her wee poll tax experiment on us first.
Did a really work out.
Maggie Thatcher brought in the Community Charge (correct name) because there had been a rates revaluation in Scotland with an increase of over 4 times the previous rateable value.
There should been a corresponding reduction in the price charge per £ for rates but numerous Labour run councils in Scotland took the opportunity to fleece the ratepayers by not having a corresponding reduction in the rates charged and blaming the rates revaluation for the increase in the rates.