[wdmmg-discuss] Questions about the Blue Book

Tue Mar 9 21:45:59 UTC 2010

On Mar 9, 2010 3:32 PM, "Lisa Evans" <lisa.evans at okfn.org> wrote:

> Are there any questions you would like me to ask them?

Perhaps you should ask for advice. Explain what we're trying to do 
(guesstimate a person's share of the tax and spending based on as few 
questions as possible). List the areas we'd like to cover. Explain what 
we'd like ideally: For each age, sex, region, what does a "typical" person 
pay/receive under each method of taxation or area of spending? Ask for 
advice on choosing further proxies, e.g. do they own a car, do they smoke, 
do they drink, council tax band (I'm making these up!). Basically, try to 
persuade them to do some of our thinking for us, not because we're lazy 
but because they have the necessary expertise. Then, obviously, ask them 
where we might get the supporting data.

 	Alistair