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used2bfast

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used2bfast says:

VAT up today

They just don't fookin get it do they?

They will take child benefit off "high earners" (44k) but you can have 2 in a household on 43k each on still get it!

So they fixed that by changing the higher rate of tax to 40k ! (still means you can have 2 in a houshold on 39k each and they get it):blink:

So now they put up vat - fookin' great. Its like getting a fire going by rubbing to sticks together, then shoving half a ton of coal on it - and then wondering why it went out!!!

The thick bastards.

We have a very perilous recovery, but this will just kill it off.

We need people to earn and spend - that way everyone wins - now people will stop spending and save. So the government will get LESS MONEY! Wholesalers and home manufacturers will suffer - people will lose there jobs (and calim dole) -they won't need as much transport so there will be less fuel bought - again less money coming in.

They should have reduced vat to encourage spending - not the other way round.

And before you jump on the "Labour left us in the hole" bandwagon - this new goverment borrowed more in November 2010 than Labour did in the same month 2009.

The bankers will still get there bonuses, schools won't be built - hospitals will be under funded - unemployment will go through the roof, and our con-dem lot will spend the next 10 years blaming the last lot - but hey, the bankers will be ok.

And as for them fookin lib-dems, Jebus! talk about principles out the window - just shows what they will do to get a whiff of power.

They all make me fookin sick

There- that's better:huh:

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chriscg

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chriscg says:

slow learner

Could try writting the bank a letter saying your take your banking else where because of the charge.Worked for me once,got a refund. £50 for a letter was well worth it.

 Then I moved anyway. But ones as bad as the other mind.

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Kamchat

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Kamchat says:

I'm kinda glad they put VAT up

Don't get me wrong - I am no fan of paying more in tax ...but given we are in the sh1t and the govt needs to raise cash to get us out of this mess, then of all the taxes they could have raised, - VAT is best. Unlike income tax and NI at least we have some control over how much we pay. If you spend lots on high cost items you will pay more.

For example - my bike will be six years old this year ..and normally I would consider (if I could afford it) to trade it in for a new one. The hike in VAT would mean I would pay an extra £250 in tax ...... but ..... I can choose to not renew my bike and keep it for another year (which I will be doing).

If the govt. had raised the money via normal income tax then there would be no choice. :winkie:

    

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vulcanrider

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vulcanrider says:

Trouble is though Kam

there are some things we all have to buy ----- FUEL !

some have kids & correct me if I'm wrong there, is now VAT on kids clothing & footwear, having had 4 kids many years ago I remember that they mostly grew out of clothes rather than wore them out.

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davemdixon

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davemdixon says:

Come on you lot Wake Up

this is where its all a going!

Could you all work a little harder, please.

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Kamchat

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Kamchat says:

vulcanrider

I hear what you are saying about fuel. But yes, we do have some control on how much fuel we use. The extra 2.5% on VAT could probably be offset by most folks by not taking the car for some of their shorter journeys and walking (with added health benefits) ..or combining errands (with a bit of planning) ..or car sharing ..or adjusting the way they drive... etc. :winkie:.... Sorted.    

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bazablue

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bazablue says:

vat

 capital gains tax comes in first when u sell shares so thats out the way......this govt did borrow more than the last thieving gits,in order to pay the f..i.nterest on what blair n co had borrowed...Its all interest....now vat is same as europe,the other lot were going to put up National Insurance for employers and employees which would have been worse,,,,labour have destroyed this country and pan is right...I agree this lot still dont get it,but its collective..All the politicians should receive a taste of unemployment!!!!THIEVES all of them,..and still THIEVING even whilst they are on probation!!! PS   NO VAT kids clothes 

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vulcanrider

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vulcanrider says:

No VAT on kids clothes

glad to hear that at least.

Kam I think that using the car less etc would be self defeating, what we need is for folk to keep spending sensibly, this VAT rise will see folk pull their collective horns in & the economy stumble. The recovery is still fragile & think it'll slip back into recession, there's been little input into public services for years & it's going to even less now. We used local buses for the day yesterday while the van had it's cambelt changed, I really do not want to be in Cornwall in my dotage & unable to drive. The 0942 bus failed to arrive, the 0952 bus failed to arrive, they both turned up at 10:05 ! piss poor & I felt for the 2 old ladies who had been waiting longer than us. A trip less than 2 miles into Camborne cost £3 for both of us, A further trip to my mothers on an aged Atlantean double decker cost a futher £3:40, the inside of the thing was filthy & I couldn't wait to wash my hands when we got to mothers, we opted to walk the 2 miles to Kwikfit to pick up the van. Past governments have let this happen, this current bunch will let things slide further instead of investing in public transport so suggesting walking as an alternative in Cornwall in the pissing pouring rain doesn't go down well with a pensioner (which includes my mother) with walking difficulties, god help this countries aged & infirm because Cameron & Co will not, the VAT rise affects fuel hence bus fares will rise, improvements in service will not happen.

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used2bfast

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used2bfast says:

I am not being political

do a greater or lesser degree, they are all as bad as each other.

The Tories sold off all our "crown jewels" Gas/Electric/Water/Trains etc + de-regulated buses

But no government since has undone this folly

Its always the ordinary hard working folk that suffer - if you are you are either end of the scale, you do (relatively) ok

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