Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

LA = what other than Los Angeles?

speaking the truth is not abuse . you are a man who does not want to pay is way and that is fact by your posts .
in my bringing up by my parents those that have should help those that have not .

Income tax was imposed as a temporary measure to pay for a war. No one likes paying tax unless they are mad. If I could pay less or no tax I would. Tax companies and let incomes be tax free. I would prefer a return to the poll tax, which was the fairest. It was based on working age people in the household. The more people, the more services they use.

G F .the conservative party will not win the election they are a party of liars and crooks .
ed is now talking what the people want to hear .
that fowl tory candidate begging voters to save the tories by not voting lab or green
our low can you get lower than a snakes belly

hay that about sums you up low life .

Milibland will cost Labour the election, just as Kinnock and foot did.

taxes are like death - they are unavoidable

tell me MrT, do you make use of your tax allowances and if so, do you then donate those savings to charity?

Nigel Farage has gleefully branded David Cameron "desperate", after the prime minister took the unusual step of asking Labour and Lib Dem supporters to vote tactically for the Conservatives in the Rochester by-election to prevent Ukip from winning.


cynic I pay my taxes and happy to do so and very happy to vote yes to put up taxes
is that clear enough

What does it matter what Farage says.

what kind of people do not want to pay taxes to make the country a better place to live and not to see people struggling . and to have a good health care system for all
the gov should put it to the public to vote on and ever one over 16
I no what the public would vote for

i didn't ask you whether or not you paid your taxes ..... much as it may surprise you, so do i

Never been so many people in work, or so the government would have you believe.


So, why do they need to keep borrowing money if everything is hunky dory?

I think people keep borrowing money because they keep spending more than they should! Basic housekeeping and balancing of finances says don't spend more than you earn - and it's far too easy to get into debt with credit cards etc.

a) because advertising and credit and store cards encourage people to overspend

b) we live in an age where everyone wants to have the latest mobile phone and the biggest tv etc, and immediately

c) few people now know how to cook properly, so they'll but ready meals and packets of biscuits etc rather than make casseroles from cheaper cuts of meat, make their own biscuits etc

c) just because one is in work, it does not mean as a matter of fact that you have enough to live on even "sensibly", which is why a lot of people need second jobs or top-up from benefits (i assume that's allowed)

And whats the governments excuse for borrowing ever more money?

Let's everyone put everything they have into the pot and then have an equal share out.

That will level the playing field and make it completely fair for everyone.

Big problem with that, though.....

Come Tuesday or maybe Thursday afternoon, all those who have spent their money on their alcohol addiction and their gambling and drug addictions and pissed it up the wall buying ready meals and 'take-outs' will be skint.

So let's everyone put everything they have into the pot again and then have an equal share out.

Now some will have some left because they have been thrifty and won't even have chucked it away on unnecessary taxes, having taken full advantage of their tax allowances. And instead of going down the pub, they have done a bit of extra work and even earned a few quid more than the average.

Some will have spent some of their taxed income on doing up their house and making it worth a bit more too. Funny thing that! In life no one rarely gives you any assets, you always have to buy them for yourself with 'after tax income'.

"So what!" say some on here. "That doesn't matter a jot! We are still going to have a share out to 'make it equal'. And if some are going to be skint by Tuesday, then we had better make Share Out Day a Wednesday."

What an absolutely garbage idea, eh?

It's called 'Socialism Gone Mad'.

Airlines hit back at plan by Labour to charge tourists

Airlines have expressed concerned over Labour's proposal to charge tourists arriving from countries not needing a visa.


Shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper has suggested tourists from the US and 55 other countries are charged £10 in order to fund 1,000 more border guards should Labour get into power.


Under the proposals, nationals in countries enjoying a 'visa waiver' system of fast-track permission to enter the UK will have to pay the fee per visit.


But Nathan Stower, chief executive of the British Air Transport Association (BATA), said airlines had significant concerns about the plan.


He said: "Visitors from countries like the USA and Australia already pay the highest air passenger tax in the world to fly to the UK - £71 from next April - contributing billions of pounds to the Treasury.


"Adding yet another charge will make the UK more uncompetitive in attracting tourists, businesses and inbound investment.


"It is not clear how this proposed charge would be collected. The vast majority of visitors from those countries that are not required to obtain a visa to enter the UK, such as the USA, do not currently provide information to UK authorities ahead of their visit.


"Furthermore, if more money were to be raised from airline passengers alone, it would only fair for this to fund improvements in the border at airports and not at other ports of entry such as Calais."


Wednesday, November 19, 2014
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