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Re:Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Populatio... by lozenge on Sunday April 21, 2019 @05:35AM (#19711325)
To put a number on it, band H properties are at least 8 times the value of a band A property, but pay only 3 times as much tax.

(From A POOR TAX COUNCIL TAX IN LONDON: TIME FOR REFORM, although the same info is on government websites).

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Re:Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Populatio... by NeedMoreTea on Sunday April 21, 2019 @05:38AM (#19711339)
Council tax and poll tax before it were very clearly examples of trickle up taxes. Massively regressive compared to the rates.

Yet no one is complaining, demonstrating or rioting.

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Re:Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Populatio... by randomsearch on Sunday April 21, 2019 @09:43AM (#19712039)
They did protest and riot, but the government ignored them.
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