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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. I agree most with your second to last paragraph.

Reply to Denzil_DC (Original post)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:49 AM

Oct 2015

Tax credits are a Rube Goldberg way to deal with low wages. Deal with wage levels to make sure that people who work can afford to live. Find work for those that want to work but don't seem to be able to get it on their own. And then simply give those that can't work what they need to live.

Don't give backdoor subsidies to Walmart shareholders by allowing them to pay their workers less than a living wage.

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David Cameron to curb powers of House of Lords after tax credits defeat [View all] Denzil_DC Oct 2015 OP

I agree most with your second to last paragraph. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #1

Yup. It's carts and horses. Denzil_DC Oct 2015 #2

Tax credits deal with the greater needs of a family, however muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #3

such a prideful purge MisterP Oct 2015 #4

Just goes to show... LeftishBrit Oct 2015 #5

All I can say to that is ... Denzil_DC Oct 2015 #6