I understand plenty thank you.

So the government wouldn't be creating jobs by building Highspeed 2 or the new Forth Road crossing? It wouldn't be creating jobs by investing in new house builds?

So what do we do while we are waiting for those conditions to exist?

Scrap income tax which plenty of well to do people avoid anyway, raise VAT.

Not saying it's a solution, just thinking out loud

It's also pretty harsh on the poorest people who will be hit disproportionately (even allowing for the VAT hitting more well off people more).

I agree with the direction though.

Create the conditions for people to work (incentives to do so) whilst removing incentives (i.e. cutting benefits) of not working.

Carrot and stick.

It seems that you still seriously believe in "trickle down"

And how hard would that hit the lowest paid? VAT is a regressive tax that its the worst off the hardest.

You'd be better off cutting VAT and increasing Income Tax also have more tax bands even at the lower end, scrapping tax for the low paid just creates another disenfranchised underclass. Scrapping the celling for National Insurance would help too.

How on earth do you work that one out?

Just because someone pays more in VAT than another person, doesn't necessarily mean that they are "worse off".

Look at the percentage of VAT paid compared to disposable income and then tell me the rich are the harder hit by VAT.

Here's an example:

Cressida works in an investment bank and earns £120k per year

Charlene is on benefits

They each have a monthly period and need to buy tampons/sanitary towels

The VAT paid is the same.

Who feels the burden of the regressive tax more?

Fundamentally disagree with having more bands. Indeed there is a very good argument for having a single rate of income tax.

One size fits all, you earn more you pay more tax. Very simple, understandable and efficient method.

Show one.

I have provided links in the past that prove when tax bands have been reduced in number, the total tax take has followed suit.

Stop peddling neo-con bollox and look at the facts

I already did, but to name a few:

1. The costs of administration will be massively reduced.

2. Easier for people to understand, less loopholes for people to exploit

3. Any shortfall in the above would be reclaimed through tax on consumption (e.g. VAT). No tax needed on savings. i.e. Pay as you go....

Sounds like one of the principles of trickle down economics, hasn't it been proven with the last two governments that the only thing that trickles down is the £...

First it was "textiles", now it's "cheap textiles".
Your shifting has got you almost to the truth.
Now all you have to do is to acknowledge that coal mining is not the sole preserve of developing nations and you will be agreeing with me.