Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Steve H on August 30, 2023, 03:37:02 PM
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...according to the latest 'Private Eye', because the cost comes out of the foreign aid budget, so don't believe the Tories' typically mendacious appeal to selfishness. Of course, it does mean that the amount sent overseas is reduced, but if asylum seekers were allowed to work, they'd cost a lot less, and anyway the foreign aid budget should be increased from the current measly 0.5% of gross national income (down from 0.7%) to (say) 1%.
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Does the foreign aid budget not come out of taxes raised?
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Does the foreign aid budget not come out of taxes raised?
Yes, but taxpayers don't pay any extra. They would pay for the foreign aid budget anyway.
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Yes, but taxpayers don't pay any extra. They would pay for the foreign aid budget anyway.
That's a bit different to the thread title
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Hair-splitting.