Re: Duhhhhh!

On Aug 12, 5:05 pm, "Mike Stevens" <michael.stev...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
phait wrote:
iirc, there was / is a distinct difference between the poll tax and
community charge. The poll tax was levied on the amount of people over
18 in residence at the property. The community charge is based on the
value of the property via a banding system. That is quite a big
difference.

My memory of it's a bit different from yours. I thought that "community
charge" was the official name for what its opponents called "poll tax", and
the banding-based system that replaced is is called "council tax".

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h mike,
Yes, I just checked on wikipedia and you're right as far as I can see.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_tax

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_charge
Community charge was known popularly known as the "poll tax".

Evidently, I didn't recall correctly! :) but thanks for the
correction. So in the above, you should substitute 'community charge'
for 'council tax'. The underlying point I make then still stands.

I do wish these media types would stop inventing names to replace
perfectly adequate government labels. What Sir Humphrey Appleby would
make of it, I am not sure.

cheers,
paul

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