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Tim Hobbs
Guest
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>No takers?
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>Strange...........
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>Richard
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Yes, me!
The tax / benefits mess in this county needs to be rationalised. So,
lets ban (yes, outlaw) discounts for OAPs, students, disabled etc etc.
Force companies to charge equally.
Let's also pay a decent pension, decent benefits to those who really
need them, sod all to those who don't. Now they don't need the
discounted bus fares and cheap cinema tickets.
Let's go round every Ministry and shut down the department that
collects money from people. TV licencing, council tax, DVLA, god
knows who else. Let the Inland Revenue collect all the money for all
the departments - they are quite good at it. It's tax, so let's call
it "tax". Suddenly you've got rid of a loads of pen-pushers and
everyone gets a monthly statement from the revenue itemising charges
for road tax, TV licence etc.
Let's stop having the Inland Revenue giving out benefits (or
'credits'). They are crap at it. Most of the benefits only exist
because the basic pension etc is too low anyway.
Let's scrap road tax and fuel tax entirely and have a proper road
tolling scheme based on fairness and environmental damage. Sod all in
the country where the roads are rubbish, more on high-quality routes
like motorways and more at busy times. The London Congestion Charge
has shown that it can be done, and in many ways it works. The
charging is too blunt and there are local problems round the edges.
Of course, the EU will object because it ain't harmonised, but we
should take the French approach and tell them we're doing it anyway.
We don't care if you fine us, because we won't pay the fines.
Oh, and if the Spanish want our fish they'll have to get past the RN
first... They haven't had decent target practice since the Gulf War.
--
Tim Hobbs
'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
>No takers?
>
>Strange...........
>
>Richard
>
Yes, me!
The tax / benefits mess in this county needs to be rationalised. So,
lets ban (yes, outlaw) discounts for OAPs, students, disabled etc etc.
Force companies to charge equally.
Let's also pay a decent pension, decent benefits to those who really
need them, sod all to those who don't. Now they don't need the
discounted bus fares and cheap cinema tickets.
Let's go round every Ministry and shut down the department that
collects money from people. TV licencing, council tax, DVLA, god
knows who else. Let the Inland Revenue collect all the money for all
the departments - they are quite good at it. It's tax, so let's call
it "tax". Suddenly you've got rid of a loads of pen-pushers and
everyone gets a monthly statement from the revenue itemising charges
for road tax, TV licence etc.
Let's stop having the Inland Revenue giving out benefits (or
'credits'). They are crap at it. Most of the benefits only exist
because the basic pension etc is too low anyway.
Let's scrap road tax and fuel tax entirely and have a proper road
tolling scheme based on fairness and environmental damage. Sod all in
the country where the roads are rubbish, more on high-quality routes
like motorways and more at busy times. The London Congestion Charge
has shown that it can be done, and in many ways it works. The
charging is too blunt and there are local problems round the edges.
Of course, the EU will object because it ain't harmonised, but we
should take the French approach and tell them we're doing it anyway.
We don't care if you fine us, because we won't pay the fines.
Oh, and if the Spanish want our fish they'll have to get past the RN
first... They haven't had decent target practice since the Gulf War.
--
Tim Hobbs
'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
