Secret Labour tax
 

Shocking new details of a stealth tax of up to £600 for householders with views of any kind, patios, conservatories and even a nearby bus stop are revealed for the first time today.

so that's how Gordy plans to recoup the nations wealth .




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...e-classes.html

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Surely you meant 'rob' the nation's wealth!:rolleyes:

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surely this would be political suicide

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i think he did that when he bailed out every failing financial institution you could shake a stick at .

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Sounds like the usual load of porkies from the Daily Fail to me.

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this idea has been around for a while i first heard of it about 3-4 months back ,but like i said it would be political suicide http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...th-a-view.html

this is the telegraphs take on it from back in march

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Unfoutunatly i don't think it is, I seem to remember this being talked about a while back. As for another posters comment of political suicide i think labour have been doing that for the last year under Brown.

Seems to be happening

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He's already committed suicide and Brown's been up to these tricks for years - it's just that when things were artificially 'booming' less people noticed or cared.

http://www.moneyweek.com/news-and-ch...ecomes-pm.aspx



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Could be but then again Brown and New Labour haven't exactly been models of honesty and integrity over the last decade have they and it seems like the Daily Telegraph was reporting this issue back in December:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ce-houses.html

Stealth taxes have been Brown's speciality since 1997 after all. Anyway would we expect anything different? Thanks to Brown's imprudence, UK PLC is in a right royal mess and one way or another we're all going to pay more tax. It's unlikely that, having lied about tax rises so often, Brown's going to break the habit of a political lifetime and come clean so we should all expect more stealth taxes..

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Given that New Labour do not appear to have any real answers to the current crises, it could be that the stealth tax news has been leaked deliberately by Labour to avoid being re-elected.

We all know that there are insufficient monies in the nation's coffers so it's inevitable that prices and taxes will rise as will unemployment as companies struggle to survive in the adverse market conditions.

I was surprised that the government did not make a modest increase in tax immediately the crunch started rather than leaving it until later and inposing a more draconian rate, then again, as we all now know, proactive strategic planning is not one of New Labour's strengths.

Rather sad and pathetic, really, that only a government spending Taxpayers' money could not come up with simple but effective solutions which the ordinary person on the street would think up quite quickly.

Roll on the general election and let's find some MPs with the brains, honesty and integrity to solve the nation's problems.

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i think you will find that as soon as someone is elected as an MP they leave their brains, honesty and integrity in a box at the entrance to the House of Commons!!!

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That is something we will never find amongst the elected fools that inhabit parliament.

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Oh absolutely! However, judging by past performances to date - methinks that this government is too arrogant and stupid to care what anybody thinks.

Now I'm not normally one to wish my life away, but roll on election day!

Si thee :Sprint:

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What political suicide i mean how much worse can things get for this ramshackle bunch of snake oil salesmen. This is exactly GB's style and doesn't surprise me one bit it is completely normal behaviour from this government.

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What gets me there is nothing no one can do about this.

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Apart from Revolution.... or Civil Unrest...

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i had a thought ,if the gov is going to increase the tax on homes with desirable views what about people who live next to the old gasworks ,or the demolished pit ,or in a mid terrace back to back will they be getting a non-desirable view discount?,

just a thought ;)

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Worked for the poll tax

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How will this rubbish work though i mean in our living room if you sit on one side you get a lovely view of lots of nice green trees and if your on the other you get a view of the main road and the school opposite. This is the perfect labour thing completely stupid completely irrational and all about the money.

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It's all a bit reminiscent of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax

Brown's so desperate he's scouring history for tax raising ideas..

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Will they tax us for days when it is not raining or when it snows because the snow makes it all look scenic, at what point will this foolishness end.

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Write to your MP and complain (they do have some uses)

Oh and join those calling for an election sooner rather than later.

viva revolution!

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Don't worry lads the met office have already worked out that he might try that and spiked his wheel!

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Captain Brown, master of the Titanic.
This is as welcome as another hole in a sinking ship.:(

Brown & his cronies are a bunch of useless, pandering, appeasing idiots, hell bent on raping the country, at our expense.:td: