Why not just refund the tax?

300 quid for every man women and child is a lot, why not just refund it? Let people decide where the money is best spent?

I'm pretty sure a shiny card with all their private details and a big database, so incompetent assholes like Smith can take a peek wouldn't be top of the list.

You know, in a democracy, if the public don't want it, then it's electoral suicide to do it.