VAT's The Problem campaign hopes to stop the tsunami of restaurant closures we're seeing right now

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• kbal@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The problem is that the entire economy is fucked. I don't think the answer is to subsidise the restaurant industry.

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• Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The largest single share of the benefit goes to big business to increase profits (rather than cut prices)

  feddit.uk/post/50623680

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• Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  VAT is a regressive tax. so it’s replacement with a wealth tax should be supported by all… Except the wealthy I guess. But VAT needs replacing, not removing.

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  • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think VAT is a pretty good system, with minimums below which you don’t get taxed and an increasing percentage as you make more money.

    I just think it should be way higher at the high end, and we need to increase capital gains tax and inheritance tax.

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• vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Is it just me, or does this sound like someone attempting to introduce USA style slave wages into the the UK by attempting to normalise tipping?

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