Let me give you an example. There's a lot of controversy in the UK at the moment regarding the recommendations of a report on higher education. It recommends that we begin to charge fees for higher education. There are a lot of protests. Part time students, mature students, students not going to universities pay fees.
Society does, but the person getting it benefits as well.
Most tax systems in the world today are regressive regardless of income tax and most benefit systems are regressive as well. We, the parliamentarians, need to dismantle these tax systems. Believe me I used to think they were progressive as well. However, with increasing budget pressures, we have to examine how much subsidy a landless laborer receives from the budget compared to the urban worker. We have to answer this question.