Unlike my other blog which is a ramble through the bible, this one is likely to be my chance to share some things that wind me up, things I come across that I think are brilliant and generally weird stuff that is either too funny, absurd, distressing, or just irritates me so much that I don't want it to pass without comment.
I'm going to start with one of my perennial favourites, something that is close to my wallet - tax.
A three letter word that allows a bunch of 650 members of parliament, assisted by countless thousands of minions every month to steal nearly a quarter of my wage - yes 1 day a week I actually work for these people.
What really annoys me though is, well there are 2 things - one is they tell me how much they have stolen (sorry taxed - but what's the difference in practical terms? they are taking something that is not theirs - calling it tax just means that they are allowed to and I cannot stop them)
the other thing that winds me up is that according to the government own website income tax is temporary http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/history/taxhis1.htm
(I cannot believe we pay for some joker at the tax office to write this stuff and for the national archive to look after it)
Yep - income tax was introduced to pay for us to defeat the French under Napoleon - I think , since we have finished paying for world war 2 a few years ago, surely this one was paid for a long time ago!
It is remarkable that for over 170 years our elected representatives have been kidding themselves that, like a chronic smoker and alcoholic "We can stop any time" while ordering another scotch on the rocks and lighting up another cigarette in the members bar (ironically exempt from the smoking ban)
I make a challenge here and now - I made this challenge to my MP in person. He came up with some guff about being in coalition and having to sort out the economy - by the way both the parties in the coalition made manifesto promises to abolish income tax in the 19th century, and in what way does tax not help the government balance the books?
I don't think after 175 years that anybody in the country is fooled that income tax is temporary so I challenge you to officially make income tax permanent rather than re-applied every year in the budget
Either that of fulfil your long overdue manifesto promise and abolish income tax - don't keep us in suspense any longer.
I'm going to start with one of my perennial favourites, something that is close to my wallet - tax.
A three letter word that allows a bunch of 650 members of parliament, assisted by countless thousands of minions every month to steal nearly a quarter of my wage - yes 1 day a week I actually work for these people.
What really annoys me though is, well there are 2 things - one is they tell me how much they have stolen (sorry taxed - but what's the difference in practical terms? they are taking something that is not theirs - calling it tax just means that they are allowed to and I cannot stop them)
the other thing that winds me up is that according to the government own website income tax is temporary http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/history/taxhis1.htm
(I cannot believe we pay for some joker at the tax office to write this stuff and for the national archive to look after it)
Yep - income tax was introduced to pay for us to defeat the French under Napoleon - I think , since we have finished paying for world war 2 a few years ago, surely this one was paid for a long time ago!
It is remarkable that for over 170 years our elected representatives have been kidding themselves that, like a chronic smoker and alcoholic "We can stop any time" while ordering another scotch on the rocks and lighting up another cigarette in the members bar (ironically exempt from the smoking ban)
I make a challenge here and now - I made this challenge to my MP in person. He came up with some guff about being in coalition and having to sort out the economy - by the way both the parties in the coalition made manifesto promises to abolish income tax in the 19th century, and in what way does tax not help the government balance the books?
I don't think after 175 years that anybody in the country is fooled that income tax is temporary so I challenge you to officially make income tax permanent rather than re-applied every year in the budget
Either that of fulfil your long overdue manifesto promise and abolish income tax - don't keep us in suspense any longer.
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