Re: "the job of Government is to support the people, not tax the people"
"Those who gets money from other people taxes truly believe the job of government is exactly that."
And the public will not be sympathetic to contractors seen to be "trying to avoid tax" when they are against big corporations doing the same.
Calls to "scrap IR35" are seen as an attempt by an elite to gain special rights to avoid tax. Leaving to join companies who "will not enforce the rules" only confirms that. Insisting it will cost more if the government does not allow tax breaks feels like "blackmail" - a demand to be treated in a privileged manner through an "exploitation" they are denied.
Contractors are going to have to come up with a better argument than one which appears to the public to only be about avoiding tax.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
