Clearly there is a problem with comprehension about the poll tax in simple words "The rich paid a much less and the poor paid a lot more." Its difficult to argue with facts. Incidentally it got so embarrassing that it was the next conservative leader that had to promise to get rid of the poll tax in order to win the 92 election! The admission, by the deed of axing it, by the puportrators of the poll tax is, at the end of the day, one of the clearest statements that it was ill-concieved if not downright wrong!