WATER CHARGES!!!
Now I know that we have to pay for things and it is right that we should be taxed, but all these HIDDEN taxes that seem to be being brought into play are in my view very sneaky. We PAY TAX and we pay it every month - most of us pay it through PAYE which means that the government are the very first to get our freshly painted money, before it even hits the next tranch of grabbers - the bank.To me it is very simple. The government takes a percentage of money which is supposed to cover our country's cost. If I earn a whole shitload of money (which I don't) then I pay a whole shitload of tax proportional to what I earn. Fair?? I think so. That way everyone pays the SAME amount of proportional percentaged tax. With me so far?
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Then why in the Holy-to-Christ blazes do they have to have us pay all these EXTRA taxes for water? Is it not covered in Rates? It is a COMPULSARY tax as well isn't it? Do I have a choice in the matter? Could I (in theory) buy BOTTLED water and not pay this tax? The answer is no. Like all of our "added extras" not included in like for like comparisons with other countries taxation levels, there is no choice.
But why not have ONE tax bill at one rate for everyone that includes all of the government's budget requirements I hear you cry! Imagine that! One bill that covers the hospitals, your pension, the road tax, the cost of a passport issue, Driving License Issue, TV license, Water bill, Road Tax, National Insurance, Inheritance Tax, Carparking charges on the roads and finally my own favourite, Rates.
So with all this in mind, GO HERE and object in the completely modern way. Let off steam. Be angry - get it out of your system in perhaps the most blatantly futile scheme our NEW LABOUR GOVERNMENT has ever dreamed up. It keeps the placards off the streets for gawds sake - go on you'll feel 50 times better....
© 2006 Fredordead
Labels: rant
posted by Freddy @ Monday, March 05, 2007
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