Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Alistair Darling's Budget is One of the Worst Budgets Ever | |
Posted by: | Colin Jordan | |
Date/Time: | 16/03/08 18:49:00 |
"her flag ship Poll Tax with the written in NO ABILITY TO PAY CLAUSE" Funnily enough, I haven't noticed the clause which takes account of my ability to pay my punishing Council Tax bill out of my modest pension. When the Council Charge (Poll Tax) was in existence, my bill dropped from about £750 p.a I was paying for my rates to about £250 p.a. for the 'poll tax' which I'm supposed to have hated. Now I'm back to the £1500+ bracket for my 2-bedroomed flat. Climbing into the Time Machine ('Look what happened twenty years ago') is no defence of the financial burden the present government have imposed upon us. And Guy, you may find our 'mild slowdown' good news, but like many other people, I'm finding it heavy going. |