The article discusses the disconnect between tax cuts and the decline of public services and facilities.
Stefano Hatfield: ‘I recently fell out with one of my fellow Fulham fans at Craven Cottage during our usual half-time chat’ (Photo: David Klein/Reuters) When Benjamin Franklin remarked that, “in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”, the great American statesman wasn’t to know that his aphorism would become a frequent set-up to a punchline: death, taxes and… fill in as you see fit to suit your political, social or religious persuasion.
For example, “death, taxes and… Fulham appearing last onIsn’t tax always a battle? No one likes paying it, many try to find ways of avoiding it, few of us understand just how it is calculated. And yet, we are all unhappy at the corollary of tax cuts: inexorably crumbling public services and facilities. There is a disconnect between our views on council taxes and bankrupt councils; national income tax and the gathering notion of a “broken Britain”; business rates and shuttering retail and hospitality enterprises; or national insurance and our overstretched NHS.Such figures bewilder ordinary citizen
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