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Another disadvantage is that it's regressive because the bands are quite limited: "The poorest lose 8% of their income to the Council Tax system whilst the richest only lose 2%." ( https://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/how-regressive-our-tax-syst... )

"Europe tells UK to reform ‘regressive’ council tax system": http://www.localgov.co.uk/Europe-tells-UK-to-reform-regressi...

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Curious why you are getting down votes... Your post is good.

Seems HN group think favours regressive tax?

There is a very enjoyable irony to the notion that you would accuse a community of groupthink for a perceived lack of accepting your opinion as the one true way.

What part of the parent's post makes you think he/she agrees with the GP?

The only opinion I was expressing was that of surprise the down vote for a perfectly decent comment, it seemed to be related to the topic, rather than the comment. I admit, the group think statement is a hypothesis, but not an unreasonable one given the circumstance.

There isn't really any need for smugness here.

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