Author Topic: UK guys: New Labour = New Taxes (Read 733 times)

beet1e · « **on:** December 08, 2003, 04:06:03 AM »

Here is the list of taxes implemented by Labour since 1997.

Which has affected you the worst? No. 29 was the one which effectively destroyed my livelihood as a self employed IT consultant (oh all right then - Contractor

). But looking at this list of new taxes, many seem to have been designed to harm businesses, and designed to make our lives more difficult. And what do we have to show for these new taxes? Bugger all, is the answer you were looking for.

The Yanks have it. And much though it pains me to agree with Lazs et al, I have NEVER known higher taxation to be the answer to economic problems. It never works. It is better to allow people freedom of choice to decide how their money is spent. Just look at Labour's attempts to run hospitals from Whitehall instead of allowing the health service to be run by people who know about hospitals - doctors and matrons.

Look at No. 23 - "additional diesel duties". Diesel road fuel in Britain is even more expensive than petrol, and is probably the most expensive in the world. Most countries price diesel lower than petrol/gasoline to reflect its lower production costs. But not Britain. The British Road Hauliers are finding it difficult to compete with foreign hauliers who come into Britain having refuelled on the continent. So we had the fuel tax revolt in 2000. What is to be gained by implementing taxes which literally jeopardise people's livelihoods???

Final question: Does anyone feel any better off as a result of any of these taxes? Please indicate which tax has helped you to benefit, and explain how.

Dowding · « **Reply #1 on:** December 08, 2003, 04:11:17 AM »

Who gives a ****. The Conservatives are a bunch of useless bastards as well.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #2 on:** December 08, 2003, 04:17:23 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
Who gives a ****. The Conservatives are a bunch of useless bastards as well.

Quick Dowding, change the subject! Damn ur fast....

Dowding · « **Reply #3 on:** December 08, 2003, 04:37:19 AM »

My point is that we're caught between a rock and hard place, you dolt.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #4 on:** December 08, 2003, 04:53:42 AM »

Perhaps we should send our army to liberate the UK as well?

lazs2 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 08, 2003, 07:59:33 AM »

problem is... the women in your country are allowed to vote.. when you let women and young people vote their insecurity and shortsightedness allways shows through.. they feel they have nothing so want government to be their daddy... they don't realize that they won't allways have nothing and that they are voting to kill their future... my guess is that dowding is either a woman, very young or just starting out n his/her career... or... all three.

beetle... also.. big government is terrible no matter what even if it is "your" big government this term. It will get you when "they" have the reigns.

lazs

StSanta · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2003, 08:02:51 AM »

Liberate away Grünherz

Who needs those steenkin' socialist island dwellers anyway?

Oh wait; the Yanks need an ally

Sorry, couldn't resist, my European friend, who's now residing in the US.

And Dowding is right - a rock and a hard place...two party systems suck.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2003, 08:15:28 AM »

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Originally posted by StSanta
Liberate away Grünherz

Who needs those steenkin' socialist island dwellers anyway?

Oh wait; the Yanks need an ally

Sorry, couldn't resist, my European friend, who's now residing in the US.

And Dowding is right - a rock and a hard place...two party systems suck.

Hey there!

Where u been?

Ripsnort · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2003, 08:17:58 AM »

Its the high English taxes that help create this great country via a revolution... ironic isn't it?

lazs2 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2003, 08:22:54 AM »

The solution is to end womens sufferage... also.. people who do not own land should not be able to vote.

lazs

Dowding · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2003, 09:05:47 AM »

Basically lazs is a feudalist with a perchant for dressing up in medieval clothes and having people call him 'Henry'.

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Its the high English taxes that help create this great country via a revolution... ironic isn't it?

Really? I was under the impression the taxes on legitimate imports were too low, and therefore the smugglers were being put out of business. They took exception to this and the rest is history.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #11 on:** December 08, 2003, 09:11:55 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding

Really? I was under the impression the taxes on legitimate imports were too low, and therefore the smugglers were being put out of business. They took exception to this and the rest is history.

You kill me sometimes, Dolt.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #12 on:** December 08, 2003, 09:20:50 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding

Really? I was under the impression the taxes on legitimate imports were too low, and therefore the smugglers were being put out of business. They took exception to this and the rest is history.

My God! Boroda has a twin brother!!!

beet1e · « **Reply #13 on:** December 08, 2003, 09:25:21 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
The solution is to end womens sufferage... also.. people who do not own land should not be able to vote.

No No No! We'd never have had Margaret Thatcher if there was no women's suffrage.

Doh, Lazs - I forgot to put a note in my original post asking you not to mention women's suffrage. You talk about it more than moving the fields closer together.

"Dolt" - LOL! A word immortalised by Hitech himself.

lazs2 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2003, 10:43:15 AM »

I believe that there are too many important things for one man to give enough time to all of them so I concentrate on the really important issues like womans sufferage and moving the fields closer together.

as new maps with closer fields come out and as nb fixes infinity with some closer fields.... AH get's better..

as less women are allowed to vote... the world will get better..

lazs