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Originally Posted by PeteL
i am not against democracy no, however i also dont want a bunch of militants holding the country to ransom for there own personal gain as ultimately it is at the expense of the tax payer, people in the private sector are suffering why do those in the public think they should be above cuts ?
and if they start striking playing silly beggars maybe we should be able to stop paying our council tax as we won't be getting what we pay very good money for ?
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Perhaps I did not make the point very clearly..... Very few people would support militancy now and very few would have supported militancy before the 70's. As the 70's progressed times became very hard for almost everybody and people reached breaking point as year after miserable year ground by. By 1978 most had long since had enough and although did not welcome the disruption that ensued, more than understood the reasons.
General moods of mass dissatisfaction are fairly rare with last I can remember as being the poll tax revolt when millions received court summonses for refusal to pay. Millions were incensed by the unfairness of the tax levy and the public mood was anger. Only when the vast majority of the country feels badly treated by government will you see mass action of the type that union leaders are salivating over and I hope it never comes to pass.
The law states that you pay council tax and if you are obliged to do so and refuse then I am afraid that action will be taken against you. Councils are rather fast at sending in bailiffs and if needed instigating bankruptcy proceedings. They are certainly not an institution to pick a fight with even if they supply you with nothing.