Lynne
No probs for Starcross Mcjprc - I was at quite a few public meetings concerning the new houses planned to be built in Dawlish where the planners said words to the effect of that the present A379 would not be adversely affected by extra traffic because the new houses would be sited near to where there are rail stations and bus stops and the people in the new houses would use the train or the bus ...
From today's Independent THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES FOR OVER-60S 1. Norway Switzerland came in third 2. Sweden 3. Switzerland 4. Canada 5. Germany 6. Netherlands 7. Iceland 8. United States 9. Japan 10. New Zealand
nor are these my words: "...........the utter cynicism with which Osborne (and Cameron) went about exploiting what was by any measure a global economic crisis for their own ends. Although they now complain of Labour profligacy, one has to pinch oneself to recall that, until the end of 2008, the Tories were signed up to match Labour's spending on the main public servies "pound for pound". They ...
But I wish they were mine.
Don't forget there are other forms of taxation as well as income tax. Those who don't earn or who earn but who do not earn enough to pay income tax - they are still tax payers. 20% VAT for example.
So people who are so poorly paid that they qualify for tax credits don't genuinely need help? Really? Is that what you are saying? I wonder how much the need for tax credit supplements would be diminished if all the poorly paid were paid the living wage?
So......tax cuts for the rich but welfare cuts for the poor (that includes the working poor by the way). All in it together are we?
From today's Independent: "............Alison Garnham, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, said the benefits freeze would be bad news for working parents struggling on low wages and already coping with rising living costs and previous benefit cuts. “A couple both working full time on the minimum wage are nearly a fifth short of the money they need for basics; another freeze ...
And I'm sure many would agree that the Welfare Bill could do with being reduced. So howsabout people being paid a decent wage for starters. Would that help to reduce the amount of working tax credit/child tax credit being paid out do you think? And then there's the cost of housing. Lower rents = lower housing benefit bill perhaps?
Last week I was on holiday in the Peak District. On the Monday we visited Chatsworth House and marvelled at its splendour, its riches, its landscaped garden etc. This, however, is a diminished estate compared to what it was not so very long ago as much had to be sold off to pay a huge inheritance tax bill. Indeed, it was the inheritance tax bill which I believe led to it being opened to the ...
