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What do you think should be the role of government? What values guides your choice?

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What do you think should be the role of government? What values guides your choice?
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RE: What do you think should be the role of government? What values guides your choice?
June 27, 2015 at 3:17 pm (This post was last modified: June 27, 2015 at 3:19 pm by robvalue.)
All you guys' ideas sound good to me Smile

Equality, as much freedom as possible, looking after the less fortunate. Representing the people as a whole without favouritism or "big party donations" running things behind the scenes.
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June 27, 2015 at 3:30 pm (This post was last modified: June 27, 2015 at 3:31 pm by IATIA.)
(June 27, 2015 at 9:34 am)PiousPaladin Wrote: ... as well as mandatory theology lessons in all schools.

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What do you think should be the role of government? What values guides your choice?
June 27, 2015 at 4:35 pm
I think the government should be like an overprotective parent.
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June 27, 2015 at 4:51 pm
It would help if they were in touch with reality, that's a bit of a problem in the UK. Cameron pretending to sympathise with the working man is a joke, and the sheer gall of him to talk about "compassion" while still pushing fox hunting (torture) for him and his toff mates' sole benefit.
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RE: What do you think should be the role of government? What values guides your choice?
June 29, 2015 at 1:26 am
(June 27, 2015 at 12:07 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:
(June 27, 2015 at 2:37 am)whateverist Wrote: ... I would like to see government used to maintain an acceptable minimum level of wealth.  To that end, I'd like to make taxes unavoidable and extremely regressive.

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I think you mean that you want taxes to be extremely progressive, not regressive.  We have regressive taxes now, with rich people paying a lower percentage of their income than poor people.


Quote:regressive

2(Of a tax) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes


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Quote:progressive

1.2(Of taxation or a tax) increasing as a proportion of the sum taxed as that sum increases


http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...ctCode=all

Ooops!  Yeah I meant I wanted to tax the shit out of the richest individuals.
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RE: What do you think should be the role of government? What values guides your choice?
July 5, 2015 at 8:01 pm
Guaranteeing social equality, economic equality of opportunity (but not outcome), and keeping our community secure via the military and police.
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