>Would you voluntarily give more taxes to your governments? I already voluntarily pay more taxes than I need to. It's pretty easy to (legally) pay much less ta

>Would you voluntarily give more taxes to your governments? I already voluntarily pay more taxes than I need to. It's pretty easy to (legally) pay much less tax if you are running your own business. Also, I and quite a few other people I know don't use GiftAid when giving to charity or buying things from charities (GiftAid basically lets the charity claim back the income tax that I've paid on that money) for the reason that the government is better placed to know what projects need money than I am. They are more likely to spend the money on 'unfashionable' things that don't trigger the same emotional response in people but are actually more effective uses of money.