Cap-and-trade is a hidden tax, increasing energy costs, but with no public dividend.
Government ministers have devised what their opponents call a bedroom tax, increasing rental costs for social housing with spare capacity.
Retailers have constantly pressed the chancellor to overhaul business rates, with the burden of the property tax increasing as online shopping siphons off sales and profits.
The social security net is ignored, except in the intention to "take people out of tax"; increasing the threshold to £12,500 won't make a lot of practical difference, since it will simply reduce entitlement to in-work benefits.
The Suffolk County Legislature is expected to meet on Tuesday to add a quarter of one percentage point on to the county's sales tax, increasing it to 8.5percentt effective June 1.
"When renting out rooms in your own property, it is possible to claim rent-a-room relief," says Frier. "The first £4,250 of income received is exempt from income tax, increasing to £7,500 from 6 April, 2016.
