"I haven't noticed my council tax rising (probably cause I'm so well off now thanks to the wonderful country I live in).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A2352232
Since 97 Council tax has gone up by 70%. Looks like a pretty big increase to me, but like you I can afford it. Not everybody is in that position. A pensioner on a fixed small income feels this increase more than you and me. This is why there are so many pensioners refusing to pay it, because they can’t. I suppose that John Reid will have to let a few ‘harmless’ criminals out of our prisons to create room for these dangerous pensioners.
"House prices rising - yes I love it."
How is that down to the government? House price rises are a symptom of a lack of supply driving up demand. How much are these houses going to be worth when the massive debt burden which has built up since 97 comes home to roost.
"Taxes on everything - never really noticed. and if you're taking about cars, don’t have one."
If you had a car then you certainly would notice this. As you don’t have a car then you are an exception to the norm. So how about airport tax, increase duty of booze & cigs, not moving the tax thresholds to pull more and more people into the 40% tax bracket, increase in NI and employers NI, Pensions raid - there have been loads. In this budget he is set to announce his 100th tax rise.
"Uncontrollable immigration - the only reason we have figures of immigration now is down to Labour. We simply didn't know how many immigrants we had before."
Well that is one way to look at it. But they have been in power for 10 years and it took them most of that to start counting. Then when they did they admitted that they didn't have a clue how many were here. What were they estimating would be the net effect of EU expansion? 12k? Oh no it ended up being 600k and even that was an estimate.
"The war - I was behind it at the time, “
Blair and co lied about the justification for the war. There were/are no WMD and Blair knew that. He used that reason because forcing a regime change would have been illegal – Hence the war IS illegal since regime change was the real reason all along.
“cant complain that it's went tits up. "
Why not? It was obvious to everybody that the whole Iraq thing was going to be a nightmare which this government had not thought through. It is an event which is costing us a fortune to take part in - in terms of money and the lives of our badly equipped soldiers.
“IR35 - yes, its a good thing. We should definately be getting the richer people to start paying the taxes they should be.”
?? So it’s a good thing to be taxed as the employee but also the employer. It’s a good thing to stump up 2 lots of NI. So do you actually pay up for IR35?
“More jobs”
More burger flippers as the high tech roles go east. More jobs in the public sector paid for by the taxes of those in the private sector. Practically no manufacturing left.
“better standard of living for all”
The gap between the rich and poor has increased since 97. The rich have got richer while the poor are more and more dependant on benefits such as tax credits. Much of this better standard of living is paid for by credit. That cannot go on forever.
“hospital waiting lists cut”
By fiddling the stats.
“more school places”
Surely that is a factor of the population. Were people not getting an education before 97?
But then consider the fact that we are now paying record levels of tax to fund these improvements. The tax burden in this country has shifted massively but the revenues have been largely wasted. How much did the dome cost? Name one government IT system which has come in on price and which actually works. Better still tell me why the government continues to throw our money at these suppliers who have a track record of failure.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A2352232
Since 97 Council tax has gone up by 70%. Looks like a pretty big increase to me, but like you I can afford it. Not everybody is in that position. A pensioner on a fixed small income feels this increase more than you and me. This is why there are so many pensioners refusing to pay it, because they can’t. I suppose that John Reid will have to let a few ‘harmless’ criminals out of our prisons to create room for these dangerous pensioners.
"House prices rising - yes I love it."
How is that down to the government? House price rises are a symptom of a lack of supply driving up demand. How much are these houses going to be worth when the massive debt burden which has built up since 97 comes home to roost.
"Taxes on everything - never really noticed. and if you're taking about cars, don’t have one."
If you had a car then you certainly would notice this. As you don’t have a car then you are an exception to the norm. So how about airport tax, increase duty of booze & cigs, not moving the tax thresholds to pull more and more people into the 40% tax bracket, increase in NI and employers NI, Pensions raid - there have been loads. In this budget he is set to announce his 100th tax rise.
"Uncontrollable immigration - the only reason we have figures of immigration now is down to Labour. We simply didn't know how many immigrants we had before."
Well that is one way to look at it. But they have been in power for 10 years and it took them most of that to start counting. Then when they did they admitted that they didn't have a clue how many were here. What were they estimating would be the net effect of EU expansion? 12k? Oh no it ended up being 600k and even that was an estimate.
"The war - I was behind it at the time, “
Blair and co lied about the justification for the war. There were/are no WMD and Blair knew that. He used that reason because forcing a regime change would have been illegal – Hence the war IS illegal since regime change was the real reason all along.
“cant complain that it's went tits up. "
Why not? It was obvious to everybody that the whole Iraq thing was going to be a nightmare which this government had not thought through. It is an event which is costing us a fortune to take part in - in terms of money and the lives of our badly equipped soldiers.
“IR35 - yes, its a good thing. We should definately be getting the richer people to start paying the taxes they should be.”
?? So it’s a good thing to be taxed as the employee but also the employer. It’s a good thing to stump up 2 lots of NI. So do you actually pay up for IR35?
“More jobs”
More burger flippers as the high tech roles go east. More jobs in the public sector paid for by the taxes of those in the private sector. Practically no manufacturing left.
“better standard of living for all”
The gap between the rich and poor has increased since 97. The rich have got richer while the poor are more and more dependant on benefits such as tax credits. Much of this better standard of living is paid for by credit. That cannot go on forever.
“hospital waiting lists cut”
By fiddling the stats.
“more school places”
Surely that is a factor of the population. Were people not getting an education before 97?
But then consider the fact that we are now paying record levels of tax to fund these improvements. The tax burden in this country has shifted massively but the revenues have been largely wasted. How much did the dome cost? Name one government IT system which has come in on price and which actually works. Better still tell me why the government continues to throw our money at these suppliers who have a track record of failure.
So because it started under the last government it's ok to continue this! The use of consultancies has rocketed under this lot. NL have been running the show for 10 years - You can't really use the failings of a government from 10 years ago to justify the crock of sh1t we are saddled with.
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