Re: man tax??

gluey wrote:
> "Every father should be forced to hand over 15% of his income direct
> to the
> mother from the day they split"
>
> Even if the child/children are living with the father? Either that
> or she feels that mothers should automatically be the PWC which is jaw
> droppingly ironic as this is meant to be a piece about equality and
> fairness (in her mind anyway).
>
> "They claimed men were committing suicide because of CSA demands"
>
> Does she think this was all made up.

Probably not. But the incidence of suicide for what will be a vulnerable
group is way below the national average.



>
> "But they came up with one
> good idea - a man tax. Work out the extra cost of men to the state in
> crime,
> violence, car crashes and non-payment of maintenance, and tax all men
> the
> way insurance companies price high-risk groups regardless of
> individual
>
> qualities."

The extra cost above and beyond the taxes already paid. Taxes which tend
over their lifetime to be more than the women anyway.
Oh wait - perhaps that idea would mean women being asked to pay more taxes.


>
> Would these women think it a great idea in this country when they were
> presented with a huge tax bill to fund NHS which spends more on women
> than men.

Yes, some things get a lot more funding than others. Like breast cancer gets
far more attention and funding than cancers affecting only men.
Don't get me wrong - its good that breast cancer gets that support and
funding. Just not so good that male cancers get far less. Such as testicular
cancer and so on.


>
> She joins Lorraine Kelly and Fiona Phillips in the list of people who
> should refrain from voicing their opinions about such important
> matters as they don't know about or refuse to report on the full
> picture and how it affects everyone.

The ones who know they are right, with no room for doubt, those are the
dangerous ones.
They'll often have just enough correct info to make them dangerous, without
knowing enough to make them useful.

Martin <><



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