FURTHER to correspondence from Jason Wright and a column from Mike Dailly, any tax on wealth is further taxation on wealth generated and tax already paid.
A double whammy that could easily be seen as a confiscation order on legitimacy value created.
A counter argument could be ensuring taxation on consumption (in tandem with ensuring tech giants start pulling their weight) or even expenditure based purely on needs backed by statistical data such as was achieved in Baltimore.
I suggest that this option is explored by the electorate, the media and political parties.
I doubt it will happen, but it worked there by reducing taxes and increasing the tax revenue at the same time, no matter how paradoxical it appears
Graham Keddie
Via email
I TOTALLY agree with Michael Stewart that it is the residents who are at fault and not the Council.
I have seen people from Govanhill taking their furniture and fly tipping it at other closes or as heard, even throwing it over walls to put in a lane.
Or even coming in vehicles and dumping it here.
Maybe in the local schools the children should be educated about what to do with the rubbish by placing in bins etc and they might educate the grown ups.
I think people would agree.
David Rob
Govanhill
I’M glad to see police officers clamping down on selfish parents outside school gates in their cars in Bishopbriggs.
They have such a brass neck. Just park your cars right in front of private residents’ spaces or in them... as long as you and your bundle of joy don’t have to walk more than two minutes to get to school.
Absolute disgrace. I hope they all receive fines from the police for their selfish attitude and bad driving habits.
Name and address supplied
I’M sick of hearing about bubbles and social distancing.
Nothing seems to be working now.
I’m going to do what suits my family best.
Are the police going to come to my door and count how many people are at my dinner table?
What a joke this situation is now.
I know people have lost relatives due to Covid, but I’ve no faith that the government knows what it’s doing anymore.
Janet Watson
Springburn
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