Reply to: Britain's hard working families....

[lilelvis2000]

[QUOTE=SueEllen;1293479]Yes - Why did you move here?

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Wanted to explore europe. No seriously that was the plan. Then I got married and she blew all the tavel money.

But, it has been time to move back for two years now. Not sure why I haven't pulled switch yet. But its more and more likely each day.

Though, the wife stays inside if it gets below 5 so what she'll do from November to April I do not know.

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I laugh every time I see this video.

[lilelvis2000]

my brother just came back from Minesota (Sp) St Paul's I think and when he was going to work it was -26

which apparently is 'firkin freezin'

I take it that is Fahrenheit which IS friken cold. I remember moving from Winnipeg to Ottawa and it was -43C.

[original PM]

my brother just came back from Minesota (Sp) St Paul's I think and when he was going to work it was -26

which apparently is 'firkin freezin'

[SueEllen]

Not just SNOW!!! but tens of feet of SNOW!!!

But imagine living in a country where things don't grind to a halt when there is loads of snow.

[Ignis Fatuus]

We have found a Socialist umongst us!

Burn him!

Love your factual refutation of my comment.


PS I'm not a Socialist. I'm just not easily taken in.

[SueEllen]

The reason for this is that the UK taxes individuals, whereas most countries still tax families as a unit: so a family where not all the adults work is effectively a lower-earning, lower-taxed tax unit for the other countries, but in the UK is seen as a higher-earning higher-taxed worker plus a non-taxed non-worker. The UK used to do it as a family uint too, until a Conservative government changed the rules.

It was Margaret.

One of the issues was domestic violence against women plus it makes the tax system similar for those minions in HMRC to work with.

It's not the first time that Labour have been blamed for the negative results of a Tory policy, and I don't suppose it'll be the last.

It's only fair......

[DimPrawn]

The reason for this is that this kind of family gets a tax break in the other countries, but not in the UK. The lack of this family tax break in the UK is due to the fact that the UK taxes individuals, whereas most countries still tax families as a unit. That's the way the UK used to do it too, until a Conservative government changed the rules.

It's not the first time that Labour have been blamed for the negative results of a Tory policy, and I don't suppose it'll be the last.

We have found a Socialist umongst us!

Burn him!

[Ignis Fatuus]

....are being fleeced rotten.

UK families ‘have worst tax burden’ « Shropshire Star

Middle-class families in Britain where one parent stays at home to look after the children pay more than a third extra in tax than those in other Western countries, new research claims.

Couples earning £33,745 a year bear a tax burden that is 39% higher than those in the 33 other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a report found.


May I suggest a few solutions to those working themselves to death just to pay off Labour's financial incompetence?....

The reason for this is that the UK taxes individuals, whereas most countries still tax families as a unit: so a family where not all the adults work is effectively a lower-earning, lower-taxed tax unit for the other countries, but in the UK is seen as a higher-earning higher-taxed worker plus a non-taxed non-worker. The UK used to do it as a family uint too, until a Conservative government changed the rules.

It's not the first time that Labour have been blamed for the negative results of a Tory policy, and I don't suppose it'll be the last.

[SueEllen]

I don't think I could cope with the winters.

Ho hum.

SNOW !!!!


Mind you I have a mate in Alberta and he claims that -20 Celsius is warm........

[suityou01]

Gealogy is a new field of study, where genealogists get their rocks off.

You learn something new every day. As you tell me I can't spell and you can I put all my faith in you.

[DimPrawn]

Yes - Why did you move here?

BTW This is a better tool for going to Canada skilled worker tool

Brilliant, I know a couple of skilled tools in the office.

[SueEllen]

Could someone come by and shoot me for moving the UK? you'll need you're own gun however.

Yes - Why did you move here?

BTW This is a better tool for going to Canada skilled worker tool

[DimPrawn]

Gealogy is a new field of study, where genealogists get their rocks off.

[suityou01]

Plenty of jobs in building work, infrastructure and gealogy I would have thought.

A few computers might need fixing too.

[MarillionFan]

This forum has no orks, but it is full of trolls.

I dispute that slur.