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Are you sure? Welfare spending is the second-highest voice in public spending at 208.8 billions (highest is health at 211.6) [1]. Tax gaps are currently estimat
by curtisblaine 2y ago
Are you sure? Welfare spending is the second-highest voice in public spending at 208.8 billions (highest is health at 211.6) [1]. Tax gaps are currently estimated at 39.8 billions [2].
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-public-spending-was-calculated-in-your-tax-summary/how-public-spending-was-calculated-in-your-tax-summary https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-public-spendi...
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps/1-tax-gaps-summary#:~:text=Headline%20tax%20gap%20estimates%20are,95.2%25%20of%20all%20tax%20due https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps/...
- paulryanrogers 2y agoAre there things more important than the welfare of the people?
- workingdog 2y agoGiving people money isn't the same thing as welfare. Ask any drug addict what they would do with more money. Most of them are truthful.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoIs that what's happening? I thought it was going to housing, medical, and food assistance.
- piva00 2y ago> Tax gaps are currently estimated at 39.8 billions [2]. And guess what the Tories chose to do instead of increasing taxes on the richer cohort of the population? Cut budgets for welfare programs, increasing poverty, making society less productive: more sick, less educated, individuals in poverty stay in poverty for longer further reducing economic output and straining public services, staying in poverty longer also mean a smaller tax contribution, so on and so forth.