observer Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Well we're all bracing ourselves for some fiscal pain - but where exactly should the tax rises be applied and what areas of public spending (if any) should be cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Income Tax and get rid of the politicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 All tax rises and deductions should be aimed at any banker who lives and works in the City of London or the RBS who got financial rewards, big bonuses or massive pensions as reward to bringing the UK to its knees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Liverpool footballers..... cos they are obviously getting paid loads too much for being rubbish and living off past glories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Seems ex-Gov ministers can pull ?3,000 per day, is that more than foorballers?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgusted Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 A tax on over-posting on forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeway56 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Seems ex-Gov ministers can pull ?3,000 per day, is that more than foorballers?! # You can pull that playing in Liverpool Reserves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 A tax on over-posting on forums That's right you just think of yourself and sod the rest of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Tax on sex. All those young blokes with suits, spots and fancy salaries would be falling over themselves to fund the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Interesting, that we don't trust politicians cos they're not honest with us; and they don't trust us enough to be honest with us - bit of a catch 22? Any political Party that actually spells out the pain - simply won't get a vote from those who believe they will suffer from such pain - yuman nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Interesting, that we don't trust politicians cos they're not honest with us; and they don't trust us enough to be honest with us - bit of a catch 22? Any political Party that actually spells out the pain - simply won't get a vote from those who believe they will suffer from such pain - yuman nature. Actually Obs I think that's merely a politicians view on human nature! I think if we did have a politician that was honest most people would actually vote for them. But unfortunately we don't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Well, they're trying to be as near to honest as they can this time - the situation looks bleak, and tax hikes/service cuts are the order of the future - but most folk will vote for what appears to be the least traumatic option or just not vote at all! Do turkey's ever vote for Xmas?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Well, they're trying to be as near to honest as they can this time - the situation looks bleak, and tax hikes/service cuts are the order of the future - but most folk will vote for what appears to be the least traumatic option or just not vote at all! Do turkey's ever vote for Xmas?! Turkey is a muslim country so I don't think they celebrate Xmas do they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 It is interesting to see the reaction of their citizens when the Greek & French Governments introduced cuts. Although in Ireland when they did, there was not the same wave of strikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Baz, the Turks won't vote for Xmas, and niether would turkeys if they knew what it meant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Never underestimate the voters Obs.... after all, they voted Labour in 3 times! (I nearly said "never underestimate the voters Obs..... aftyer all they voted Gordon in!".... but they didn't last time did they? cos he sneaked in afterwards!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 The only time "the voters" have ever been "underestimated" was in 1945. The public don't vote for PMs, they vote for MPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Governments spend on my behalf, invest on my behalf, raise taxes on my behalf, invent new taxes on my behalf, go to war on my behalf and it still goes wrong. The people in power seem to be immune from all the mistakes they make, then they take massive bonuses, perks and pensions, then exploit their position by lobbying their own MP?s to influence them to make a decision for their large fee paying friends, then after all this, it is the general public who pay the price for their failure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Then when they do retire, they write a book about it, and "the public" buy it! Alas, has it ever been the case?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Having watched the Budget, it did not make sense to me?, I did enjoy the speech by David C, putting the Conservative slant on the Budget, but not impressed when Clegg made his comment on the budget, the other politicians left the house, just thought they might have showed some respect to listen to his views of his party, just thought it rude! Then after the news, listening to Darlings excuses for his reasoning for his budget, seems to be full of contradictions, he said that his party is investing in the public sector, then saying there will be cuts in public services in his next breath? Confused and fed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 I didn't watch it.. I forgot... well actually I something better to do Well from what I've heard I will be worse off as usual.. no suprise there then. How's it been for you ? Don't understand why no stamp duty is now payable on homes upto ?250k for first time buyers only... why not for everyone as not many first time buyers can't afford houses of that price anyway. If they had abolished it for any buyers upto the ?250k mark then it may have been an incentive for people with lower end price bracket homes to sell and move up the ladder a bit thus freeing more 'affordable' homes for first time buyers etc. And I don't get why tax on cider has been increased by 10% when beers and spirits get 2%.... what's all that about then? Businesses seem to be getting a helping hand (well on paper anyway) but the banks were told to increase lending to small businesses ages ago and they didn't so why will they now... ... just as people unemployed for over 6 months have been promised training or jobs, again that's old news as haven't they been doing that for a couple of years anyway..... so again nothing new there. Were there any changes in incentives for businesses to take on young apprentices etc. Despite all the hype over the past year or so about apprenticeships that has been nothing more than false promises and nice sounding 'words' but despite having their hopes built up by the hype many school leavers are sadly still losing their college places that they were accepted on due to a lack of available apprenticeships... no apprenticeship = no course Maybe I should have watched the budget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 They were setting the mood music for the election, nothing to do with a budget really; election choice will be between hard cop - soft cop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 For some reason, cider was taxed at a lower rate than beer - which doesn't seem sensible really. If anything, it ought to be more expensive as it's frequently rather stronger! Stamp duty and inheritance tax are just completely naughty if you ask me. I am very fair-minded about paying all the other taxes - NI, Council, VAT, income - but I am damned if I see why someone buying a house has to pay the government a slice and I am double damned if I see why anything I have already paid all the above taxes upon during my lifetime should be taxed again upon my death! I can't say I'd fancy being Chancellor at the minute. I have enough trouble trying to follow what my mortgage rate will be next month. How you even begin to work out a whole country's worth, I have no idea - not when banks can collapse at five minutes' notice on the other side of the world and change everything. I think he's done his best to share the load. A bit here, a bit there - we all know it has to happen. Putting some back into businesses and taking some of the benefits away from the rich. Well, it's not controversial, is it? Not going to panic anyone and throw us back into recession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 NOT going to sort out the financial mess the country is either. WHY wait until AFTER the election before telling the truth? Don't high positions mean higher responsibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Can anyone on this forum justify to me why I should be penalized in paying ?Broadband Tax? because I have a landline tfor those who have not got broadband in there village or island out in the sea somewhere? And why that money should not come from the massive profits from the communication companies and bosses extortionate bonuses! I am fuming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tax upon tax upon tax, enough is enough, can we get these robbing b******s out of No 10 Downing Street, the sooner the better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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