Comments on: Landline tax + Digital TV surplus = Broadband for all (but a cold home) http://stevemiddleton.info/2009/06/17/landline-tax-digital-tv-surplus-broadband-for-all-but-a-cold-home/ Political comment from the streets of Salford Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kat http://stevemiddleton.info/2009/06/17/landline-tax-digital-tv-surplus-broadband-for-all-but-a-cold-home/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Kat Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:01:42 +0000 http://stevemiddleton.info/?p=354#comment-148 Let's not forget that many of the households that will benefit from the Landline Tax are not vulnerable or 'less fortunate'. Much of rural Britain is now serving as a second home, holiday home or retreat to the country's most wealthy. That's not to say that their aren't needy people in rural areas, but where a fuel poverty strategy would benefit only those most in need, this Landline tax will inevitably benefit those that are very well off as much as anyone else. Let’s not forget that many of the households that will benefit from the Landline Tax are not vulnerable or ‘less fortunate’.

Much of rural Britain is now serving as a second home, holiday home or retreat to the country’s most wealthy. That’s not to say that their aren’t needy people in rural areas, but where a fuel poverty strategy would benefit only those most in need, this Landline tax will inevitably benefit those that are very well off as much as anyone else.

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