We now work until June 3rd each year in the Uk for the Chancellor before earning anything for ourselves. Gordon's Annual take is now in excess of £500bn (up from 270bn in 1997) surely this madness must end? And why are the Tories so wary of tax cuts when the Middle Classes are crying out for them?
2006-10-16 00:28:34 · 10 answers · asked by J B 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
'John S' most people have forgotten that one of the first things Brown did was to help himself out of the pension funds which has had the effect of lessening the amount many people will have as pension. Of course public amenities have to be paid for but with a degree of care. What is happening now is that more and more taxpayers money is being squandered by a government that couldn't run a corner shop.
2006-10-16 02:23:26 · answer #1 · answered by Rob Roy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is amazing how much it has increased.
Notably, the stamp duty level hasn't increased at the same rate as house prices. Its outragious that the average house price is in the top rate stamp duty band.
Road tax has pretty much doubled, and the banding is a joke when even a 1.6 litre car means a £190 rfl.
Inheritance tax, well you work all your life paying tax and then you dont even get to pass on your wealth to the next generation, old age care, means testing and inheritance tax takes care of that.
Pensions, I'm sure they will have that too.
Add in double fuel prices (which also means double tax revenue), if this is included in the inflation calculation it more like 10% this year
So yes in summary you work all your life for the state, enter the world with nothing and leave it with nothing.
Certainly won't be voting for labour.
2006-10-16 00:52:50 · answer #2 · answered by John S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think many people would mind being taxed in this country if they knew that the its citizens were getting the services they both paid for and deserve. So that pensioners could have a decent standard of living having worked hard all their lives for a pittance of a pension, and so that they and any other scared person suffering poor health could get the care they need and deserve. However we are being taxed for many reasons without merit, not least the Iraq "war".
2006-10-16 07:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by overnight celebrity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the individual needs to take his or her financial education seriously, and learn the ways the rich use to get away from taxes. It is true the government taxes everybody to hell, but guess what, the rich people pay much less tax in proportion to their income, than middle class people.
it\s no use complainin about gettin taxed, find the ways around it.
Start by readin \rich dad poor dad/, or any of the other books in that series by Robert t Kiosaki
I think it is important to get the government to account for the tax revenue they have taken, how? Freedom of information act.
2006-10-16 00:51:02 · answer #4 · answered by cardralph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should be b****y obvious. The Tories cannot afford tax cuts either. We, as a nation, spend too much on public services. So what do we chop first - police, schools, hospitals, the army, dole money, council houses, state pensions ..... ?
2006-10-16 00:50:15 · answer #5 · answered by MCP 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that's what it is all about tax tax tax that's all the government wants.now days that's all you work for to pay for the sh*t that this so called government got the UK into.their all pissing in the same pot.I call it the monkey government.
2006-10-16 00:58:15 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's what Gordon Brown would love to know!
2006-10-16 00:45:45 · answer #7 · answered by ian d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people are already well past the point of Tax meltdown. Most are subsidising their income with credit cards.
2006-10-16 00:31:10 · answer #8 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Tell me about it.. just bought a house and got a stamp duty bill.. £14k.. Why do we have to pay tax on a house?? we pay council, Income, fuel, fags, beer, Vat, car, inheritance.. how many tax's are their really...
2006-10-16 00:32:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Thou shall not poach on the King's land.
2006-10-16 00:31:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋