Public Attitudes to taxes and spending, and VAT zero rating

 Does the recent and unprecedented increase in the minority wanting a smaller state reflect the non-indexation of tax thresholds? If it does, are social attitudes a problem for those economists arguing to end the zero-rating of many goods for VAT? The National Centre for Social Research produces an annual survey about British Social Attitudes, and they have issued a preliminary look at the survey conducted in the Autumn of last year. One question that I have looked at a number of times in...