Not true, the % of the population taking more than they give has risen from around 40% in1970
to 50% now, the large proportion of that rise occuring under the last ALbour government as they spent freely with little or no thought for how that money would need to be paid back.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:06, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

bollocks. Absolute arse, Nakers.
All that will have changed is the way it is measured. The way these numbers are represented depends on the political aims of the groups representing them. Unless your country is turning over a tidy profit, you're spending more than you take, or at least are level. The majority of the tax income comes from about the top 10-20% of taxpayers, so it pretty much follows that there's a good chance anyone below that will be "taking out more than they put in" once you have equally split the cost of every single thing the government spend money on between 60 million residents.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:11, Reply)