Tory Family Tax is alarming Labour and LibDem
Posted 17 Jan 2010 by Walaa Idris
Even though David Cameron and his policy team have not yet finalised their Family Tax plans – a tax policy aimed at helping and encouraging married couples to stay together because studies have shown it is better for the over all well-being of children when both parents are together, and proved that on average married couples with children tend to fight harder to keep the family together. The two other parties seem to have a great deal to say about what’s included and not included in that policy!
Ed Balls – told the Politics Show today that the policy is going to disadvantage non married families? And make it difficult for single and loan parents to raise their families? But never told us which particular part of the policy he was referring to, and he can’t, because the policy is still in the making and the policy makers themselves can not give us specific details!!
On the Andrew Marr Show this morning Nick Clegg said Cameron was wrong because ‘the policy’ is like a bribe for families to stay married – hinting the policy will disadvantage unmarried, loan parents and people who are forced to raise their families apart, again he did not and could not specify which part of the policy!
Both parties are clearly very worried and concerned by what the Conservatives are promising to do for families. And they are right to be, it is a tough area and it needs a bold person to address it. Many studies and sociological research in recent years have proved that married couple raise stronger more balanced and over all better children, and argued that we need to encourage and support the family more. Family is important, it is the bedrock of every society, and it is celebrated and held in high esteem by all cultures. But in Britain today we are very confused by what it means and what we see, we are equally unsure of what to do and where to start.
During Labour’s thirteen years reign Britain social fabric has been torn. Labour has marginalised the family in its traditional form and replaced it with a culture of dependency teen pregnancy and a custom where a child is just a means to an end. Under the flag of liberalism equality and freedom of expression there is no social responsibility or personal accountability. That is what the Conservatives are trying to promote responsibility, accountability and a social conscious to free the future generation from dependency, moral confusion, and social irresponsibility.
All families need and should be supported but that support does not necessarily have to come at the expense of one over the other. It just means family laws as they are now make it more attractive for parents to stay apart thus disadvantaging the traditional family. All the Conservatives are aiming to do is correct that imbalance.
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Eveleigh
17 Jan, 19:46
Stephen R Hillier
18 Jan, 17:55
Walaa
18 Jan, 19:46