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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Best way here IMHO would be to roll NI into income tax. This would have several benefits: The starting threshold for NI clobbers the very low paid, making this the same as income tax would help them. Those who contract their work and avoid paying NI could be bought into the system particularly if the amount they can pay themselves by dividends is limited.
Then there's no upper ceiling to income tax unlike NI (£150K IIRC) so some extra revenue could be generated from those on higher pay to put toward the NHS.
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That approach would also make admin easier for employers and HMRC. But how it would go down with the electorate would be another matter as people might associate it with being worse off.
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Originally Posted by Taf
It's not just the NHS in "crisis". French radio just said that 6 out of 10 French hospitals are now unable to take more patients due to the Flu epidemic that has appeared in Europe. And the Flu Jab seems to be totally ineffective... again.
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But this would prevent HMG from keeping Income Tax tax down (for propaganda purposes) whilst coining-it-in with hikes in NI.  |
Maybe get rid of NI and introduce another proportionate tax called simply "NHS" which works like tax and not NI so doesn't penalise the worse off?