An interesting (if disturbing) fact

[Bono]

From Jamie Whyte's A Load of Blair, a book on the fallacies endemic in political rhetoric:

"In November 2002, an ICM poll asked voters if they were willing to pay more tax to fund increased spending on public services. 62 percent said yes. It also asked respondents if they believed this extra spending would improve standards in health and education. Only 51 percent said yes. At least eleven percent of voters favour pointless increases in taxation."

At least eleven percent of voters are willing to pay more taxes, even knowing those taxes wouldn't grant any benefit.
Isn't it shocking to know that those 11% also have the right to vote?

[MaC]

Quite shocking really.  I mean, even if the unenlightened have not yet figured out that government run, tax based services are not better than the private sector, it's really a wonder why they would support an increase if they didn't think it would overall increase the quality of the services.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Perhaps they were thinking of a public service other than health or education?  While those are without a doubt two of the more important public services in Britain, I rather doubt those are the only ones.

[minionofmidas]

The first question is essentially "are you fundamentally evil"[/absurdly, and I mean absurdly, biased paraphrase]. The second is, "do you have a healthy amount of cynicism".
The conclusion drawn is ridiculous, in fact I'm rather surprised the gap's not larger.

[phk]

From Jamie Whyte's A Load of Blair, a book on the fallacies endemic in political rhetoric:

"In November 2002, an ICM poll asked voters if they were willing to pay more tax to fund increased spending on public services. 62 percent said yes. It also asked respondents if they believed this extra spending would improve standards in health and education. Only 51 percent said yes. At least eleven percent of voters favour pointless increases in taxation."

At least eleven percent of voters are willing to pay more taxes, even knowing those taxes wouldn't grant any benefit.
Isn't it shocking to know that those 11% also have the right to vote?

Send them to re-education camps.  Communists may have had their flaws, but they got one thing right.... 

What does Communism have anything to do with tax-rates?

[Democratic Hawk]

Isn't it shocking to know that those 11% also have the right to vote?

No

Dave