Reply to: ONS Survey

[hyperD]

She's getting on a bit, she may be a bit, you know... crusty?

dry

[Churchill]

She always seems to find me! I've got to get over her somehow

She's getting on a bit, she may be a bit, you know... crusty?

[DodgyAgent]

Hey Dodgy,

Do you have some special "Thatcher" filter or sommat? Maybe it's a bit like the one you use to download all the jobs off jobserve.

She always seems to find me! I've got to get over her somehow

[Pondlife]

Hey Dodgy,

Do you have some special "Thatcher" filter or sommat? Maybe it's a bit like the one you use to download all the jobs off jobserve.

[DodgyAgent]

I believe that, but I suspect that few politicians do. GB for example clearly works for his own moral vision, and we are a means of achieving that. This would be true of Thatcher too.

She would not have been voted in if the UK hadnt wanted the Unions kicking

[Ruprect]

I believe that, but I suspect that few politicians do. GB for example clearly works for his own moral vision, and we are a means of achieving that. This would be true of Thatcher too.

Surely in the case of thatcher the market is the way of achieving that?

[expat]

It's time ALL governments realised that they work for us....not the other way round......

I believe that, but I suspect that few politicians do. GB for example clearly works for his own moral vision, and we are a means of achieving that. This would be true of Thatcher too.

[KathyWoolfe]

For Gordo, yes. He's a control freak with an insatiable urge to redistribute money as *he* thinks fit (or "target" it, as he'd say).

Just letting everyone keep more of their own money goes against all his leftie instincts and, incredible and incomprehensible as it seems to everyone except him, this applies even to the lowest paid.

It's time ALL governments realised that they work for us....not the other way round......

[Pondlife]

There was someone else going on about this in Business or Accounting within the last month or so...

I tried to find out if it was compulsory or not, but failed dismally.

Did these people turn up to your house?

Yes, they turned up and grilled the missus about stuff she has no idea about.

This one was apparently not compulsory (ain't hindsight a bitch) but they don't tell you this before hand. The business ones are though IIRC.

[Marina]

.. Surely the easiest way is to restore the 10% tax band? or is that just a little TOO simple?

For Gordo, yes. He's a control freak with an insatiable urge to redistribute money as *he* thinks fit (or "target" it, as he'd say).

Just letting everyone keep more of their own money goes against all his leftie instincts and, incredible and incomprehensible as it seems to everyone except him, this applies even to the lowest paid.

[KathyWoolfe]

In regard to this removal of this 10% Tax band and GB's feeble attempt to recompense the people who lose by it.

Everyone who pays tax loses by it's removal - and why is he having such a hard time deciding how to compensate people?

Surely the easiest way is to restore the 10% tax band? or is that just a little TOO simple?

[Ruprect]

IIRC I called them when I first received the request for info, and I seem to remember that you are obliged by law... usual disclaimers apply of course. I'm sure google will tell you.

[Marina]

Anyone else had these muppets come around and stick their noses into your financial affairs? ..

Anyone know if you're obliged to talk to them, or is it like those busibodies with clipboards trying to collar you in the street who you can just ignore you walk past?

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Nail, head, squarely hit!

Fair point

Witness his approach to taxation.

Which one? the one where he takes even more off poor people, or this week's reversal of ii?

[Pondlife]

The survey is being carried out in collaboration with a range of other government departments including the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI), Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT), the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU).

Where's the I'm fooked smiliey