Proposed tax cuts

• howard mcsweeney1

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  12 June 2014     18:12267970
  #1      
  The big three have very similar plans but would benefit the better off rather than those in greatest need.
  
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/poorest-families-will-miss-out-on-tax-cuts-promised-by-all-three-main-parties-9530328.html
• Guest 698

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  12 June 2014     20:25267981
  #2      
  Am I missing something? Surely tax cuts can only benefit people who pay tax.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• howard mcsweeney1

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  12 June 2014     20:54267986
  #3      
  I think it is more to do with the politicians trumpeting that they have taken the low paid out of tax by raising the threshold but has as much benefit to the better off as the poor.