The people who hand over the check are not always those who are really paying, bearing the burden, of the tax.

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They have also foisted the burden of paying for the state's roads onto the general tax-paying population, rather than onto those who use the roads most heavily.

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This is how the rich end up paying such a large share of the income tax burden, as discussed above.

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When is paying both more and a greater share of the total income tax burden a tax break?

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I'll just say this on tax, as well, because, you know, of course, no one ever likes paying tax, even after these changes, the tax burden, under this government, will be lower than in many of the Thatcher years, lower than the European average, lower than any of our major comparable European competitors.

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