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I think I must have missed something in Osborne's doublespeak - how reducing the upper rate tax threshold from 50% to 45% means that the wealthiest in the country are paying more? can anyone explain?
I should say by the way that social economics is a minefield!!
@Nelson . agreed there are other benefits such as tax credit etc. however the figures i was playing with are conservative. Let's go to the extreme for example and assume that the state, not parents, looked after all children. The cost of raising a child in residential care is let's say £30,000 - £40,000 a year (I'm guessing because I don't know that particular stat but I do know that's approx ...
@Don - agreed @Lynne - issue of the retired/elderly is very similar and a separate thread would be interesting There'll always be opposing views on child benefit and similar such state "benefits" because people all have different underlying perceptions about "self" and "society". If we start from the premise that a couple who have children are actually providing a benefit to society then you ...
Not sure what the "reward" is for having kids. Estimated life-time cost of having a child is these days probably around the £80-100,000 mark once you take into account things like the need for larger house, car, food, clothing, holidays etc etc. So anyone having a kid is not undertaking that decision lightly. The relationship of tax to child benefit is a difficulkt one because the cost of a child ...
Gas has to be "transported". Electricity and water (to lesser extent) can both be produced/ processed locally. The national Electricity Grid was established to service old technologies - i.e. big carbon-fuel based power stations, when coal/oil/gas was especially plentiful and cheap . A grid is still a good idea to balance off production and demand but with modern techologies (and these are ...
@Lynne yes, disappointing that more councillors didn't turn up to give support
Like it !!!!! So we can promote Dawlish as leading the way ...... every night!! All we need to do now is harness the power of the brook to generate electricity, maybe reinstate the mill-wheel, and we're on the road to energy independence.
Does anyone know if anything is being done in Dawlish to celebrate Earth Hour on 31st March? Earth Hour Earth Hour is is an annual global event when people across the world turn off lights for one hour between 8.30 – 9.30 pm to celebrate the planet together and raise awareness of climate change. More than 5,200 cities and towns in 135 countries worldwide switched off their lights for Earth Hour ...
Have now been told you can draw upto 20,000 l a day from a stream without permission - that should be more than enough for watering the lawn, gardens etc in Dawlish
