“Tax has got to be targeted at the right people” - Liverpool’s take on tax increases - video Dailymotion

Do you think the extra cost of increased tax is worth putting towards key services? Where should the extra money be spent?

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00:00People don't like paying tax, but if we want good health services, education services, etc, etc,

00:07at times it may be necessary to increase taxes. I don't want it, but we have to believe it's going through good causes.

00:17Key services certainly need more money, but that tax has got to be tied to the right people,

00:22i.e. the very wealthy, maybe a one-off tax.

00:26You know, fair enough, they've worked out, they've got millions and whatever, but I think they must be able to afford

00:31to put a bit extra than us, or a bit more, large extra than us.

00:37I'm the most needy. Maybe social services, housing, education.

00:44Communities, infrastructure, roads, all the sort of things that people need day in, day out.

00:52Local amenities, and youth, and facilities, in general, everywhere really.