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trebor · 16-01-2004, 10:58

it doesn't matter what they call it, it's legal robbery and it will never be accepted by all until it becomes something that people can afford and doesn't appear to be a waste of money. every time I pay it I feel like I have been mugged, I bet I'm not alone.

the amount of money the local council collects with this tax is scary, it is more than a lot of small countrys annual economic budget and I can see no benefit from paying it, yet it went up by 13% again this year.

so a question for everybody that is old enough to remember paying it.
Has anybody seen any improvement in what the council provides since the rates system was abolished.
I haven't but the bill has gone up 500%

16-01-2004, 10:58	#6
trebor Inactive Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: up shi* creak Services: DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP Posts: 564	Re: council tax to be replaced by local derivatives ? it doesn't matter what they call it, it's legal robbery and it will never be accepted by all until it becomes something that people can afford and doesn't appear to be a waste of money. every time I pay it I feel like I have been mugged, I bet I'm not alone. the amount of money the local council collects with this tax is scary, it is more than a lot of small countrys annual economic budget and I can see no benefit from paying it, yet it went up by 13% again this year. so a question for everybody that is old enough to remember paying it. Has anybody seen any improvement in what the council provides since the rates system was abolished. I haven't but the bill has gone up 500%