and why we are not quite yet into surplus

looks like scotland is losing pace https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/chart-images/Tax%20revenue%20by%20nation%20since%201999.png

Need to scrap VAT on fuel

the vat part is only 5% I think

17.5% on diesel and petrol

theres all sorts of other taxes in fuel

sorry 20%

Either way, fuel isnt' a luxury, it's an essential, scrap VAT on it

depends on what you mean by fuel

heating oil, diesel, petrol, gas

your energy bill for your home is 5% vat

5% too much

More important to scrap VAT on fuel than to increase the tax-free allowance

vat is a tool you want to keep in the emergency case of a recession

if there is a recession they can reduce it to 15% or something

Nobody is suggesting scrapping VAT entirely, just removing it from essentials where tax is disproportionately affecting the poor

and further if necessary...

if you reduce it now it wont be as effective

Then you want to keep people poor

Tax breaks for the wealthy, fuck the poor up the arse - it's the Tory way

Hell will freeze over before they address the cost of living

its not fckin the poor ... its being responsible

its telling people they can have desert when they finished their meal

its telling the kid they cant have another chocolate bar, theyve just had one

It really isn't though

youre not starving the kid... youre being responsible

I can't afford to upgrade the heating or insulation in my house, yet the council fleeces the fuck out of me so they can give grants to already wealthy private landlords

we're in one of the wealthiest nations, its not like we're not offering free housing etc

Give tax breaks to the wealthy instead of reducing tax on essentials

yeah I need to upgrade my heating too...

Tax the working class in order to give wage subsidies to corporations

How about stop doing all these things?

the boiler here is the one that was put in when the property was built... they dont do parts for it anymore

luckily thanks to the tories I have a bigger personal allowance, plus they scrapped ftb stamp duty, which saved me about 10k

its not enough for me to afford a new boiler... but its something

Tories have done fuck all for me, except make the cost of purchasing property continue to rise out of affordability, and raise the cost of various planning procedures to an extortionate rate

housing has never been affordable

Why should I support a party that doesn't give a fuck about me?

support who you lke

Certainly doesn't share my principles and ideology

Perhaps i'll vote Labour after all