whats ur biggest gripe about the uk?

I hate the lack of respect younger generations have these days. Not all, just some.. Makes for worrying times future-wise.

Wales!




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Mine is the goverment/tax/running of the country.

I'm in no doubt thats its a hard job to do, but the current goverment has gone massively in the wrong direction.

Why should I loose so much of my income on income tax, and why should i then loose 17.5% on nearlly everything else that i do, and then theres all the local authority taxes....the list of taxes goes on and on Its scary when you think about it.

I would love to ask for an itemised bill of where it all goes, as I'm pretty damn sure I dont get ANY benefit from my wages dissapearing. You see it all when you walk onto a council estate and they have better cars than you, better 50" TV's than you and apparently money to burn, yet they dont work but have 4 kids...........when I probably couldnt even afford to look after 1 kid to a decent standard.


Below is an entertaining read into migration......although I would quite like to migrate

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle2326687.ece

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

Mine is the goverment/tax/running of the country.

I'm in no doubt thats its a hard job to do, but the current goverment has gone massively in the wrong direction.

Why should I loose so much of my income on income tax, and why should i then loose 17.5% on nearlly everything else that i do, and then theres all the local authority taxes....the list of taxes goes on and on Its scary when you think about it.

I would love to ask for an itemised bill of where it all goes, as I'm pretty damn sure I dont get ANY benefit from my wages dissapearing. You see it all when you walk onto a council estate and they have better cars than you, better 50" TV's than you and apparently money to burn, yet they dont work but have 4 kids...........when I probably couldnt even afford to look after 1 kid to a decent standard.


Below is an entertaining read into migration......although I would quite like to migrate

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle2326687.ece

Can't stand reading Clarkson - he waffles almost to the point of complete make believe.

This sentence :

And then came the latest migration figures, which showed that while Britain received 5.4 billion west African pickpockets last year, we lost what the Daily Mail calls 196,000 British citizens.

5.4 billion migrants in a single year ?? That's complete and utter tosh. If he had put the true figure against the ex-pat one, it would still make the same impact as people would be able to see it for what it's really worth..I know its tongue in cheek sometimes but he goes so far left and right it's like reading a kids diary.

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Its called humor, you either find the style amusing or you dont unfortunately. It gets a point across which is the overall goal.

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

Why should I loose so much of my income on income tax, and why should i then loose 17.5% on nearlly everything else that i do, and then theres all the local authority taxes....the list of taxes goes on and on Its scary when you think about it.

I wonder what the goverment does with my road tax that I pay.

There's so many potholes and poorly surfaced roads, and also patchy roads where repairs have been attempted, that I can only speculate that my road tax, and most peoples road tax, is spent on other stuff...like war

I love the UK!

Originally Posted by neio79

Our bend over backwards for anyone minotiry or not native attitude, whilr we f**k over the decent law obiding tax paying majority!!! and our ever increasing PC pink and fluffy outlook on life!

Pretty much +1

today's weather it's to cold kwak

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

I wonder what the goverment does with my road tax that I pay.

There's so many potholes and poorly surfaced roads, and also patchy roads where repairs have been attempted, that I can only speculate that my road tax, and most peoples road tax, is spent on other stuff...like war

Road tax never was and never will be about the roads. The government doesn't spend fuel duty on fuel, or income tax on income. The name is about what is being taxed, not about where the money raised is spent.

I've no problem with people complaining about the quality of roads - that's their right. But the reality is that most roads are funded by local government not central and in the grand scheme of things the quality of road surfaces is very low down on the agenda.

Personally I hate seeing dangerous road surfaces (potholes, worn out white lines, bad or missing signs, loose surfaces etc) and I think these should be seen as a priority (and if reported they mostly are).

Fair taxation is a difficult thing to achieve. It would also not be effective. I belive approximately a 1/3rd of govermment spending goes on the NHS - there's no way I've had a 1/3rd of my life time taxation spent on my healthcare. But beyond wishing to see the NHS made more effecient and less burocratic (sp?) I don't have a problem with this situation.

Hmm - that was probably a rant - it wasn't meant to be though.