The cost of living

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Daimo

Agree totally.

Taxed on your wages.
Taxed on anything you buy
Taxed on your death (of which you've already been taxed on the wages).

You missed a bit;
Taxed on anything you don't buy

Originally Posted by dissuade

I think you will find that most of those abusing the system and crippling this country are actually British, born and bred. And FYI, "immigrant" is not synonymous with "scum".

Round here most of the dole dossers are White or stanis, every site I've been on that's employed Polish or other Eastern European workers (mainly joiners it seems) I've seen them working bloody hard.

Anyway neio, if you want money throwing at you, there's no point being an "immigrant" you want to claim asylum.

Personally I think your employer pays you very well to sit on this forum and post all day. If you showed them your post history during working hours they might agree to a rise....

Sorry but you get what you settle for.

Originally Posted by Xan173

Personally I think your employer pays you very well to sit on this forum and post all day. If you showed them your post history during working hours they might agree to a rise....

Sorry but you get what you settle for.

I don't think this comment is valid really as you don't know the situations of peoples employment and whats going on with their jobs and how they may have been treated for the contributions they've added.

See that post about managing the Thames Barrier park posted by someone in this forum.......

It is getting silly! Where is all the tax going!? I really dont know!!!! Its like there is a hole somewhere (labours pockets) getting filled. I hope they get voted out and never voted back in. They are supposed to represent the rights of the working class. New labour... more like new conservative, and you know what they say about copies.

In with the conservative.

Originally Posted by Daimo

I don't think this comment is valid really as you don't know the situations of peoples employment and whats going on with their jobs and how they may have been treated for the contributions they've added.

Hang on a mo. He's told us all those things in earlier posts.

My point is you get what you settle for. Meaning either "if you need more pay go out and get more" OR "if you resent the tax situation then vote accordingly (or emigrate)".

There are probably some things you could do to reduce your outgoings though mate;

For example;

Car Share
Lose the mobile phone completely.
Downgrade your internet subscription.

Also check out http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

To everyone who asks 'where is the money going' here is at least part of the answer.

I am NOT against helping people less fortunate than ourselves, but I do say that the sums you will see in this link (which is to a United Kingdom government website) are way too large and need to be scaled back. Why are we giving huge sums to Sudan? They hate the British. And why are we giving anything at all to that bunch of gun runners that calls itself 'Democratic [joke] Republic of Congo'? And so it goes on. Plus don't forget £50m to China (unapologised Tiananmen Square human rights abuses that Brown prefers to ignore) too for research into cleaner emissions technology, £825m additional to that quoted on this link to India to train teachers - bit of a joke when the Govt here is closing 22 junior schools in Shropshire alone, I'm sure there are more for the cut wherever you live. Incidentally, India is that rich country that prefers to spend its money on developing nuclear weapons and starting a south Asia space race than rather than feed its own people. Need I go on.

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/statistics.asp

Originally Posted by Xan173

Sorry but you get what you settle for.

Got to agree with this-its down to the individual-there only one person who can change your life and thats you

I blame everything on peak Oil...

Or to be more exact I should call it the energy crunch, it's not the only cause really but it's one of those mitigating factors that drive up the price of everything around us.

Originally Posted by Xan173

Personally I think your employer pays you very well to sit on this forum and post all day. If you showed them your post history during working hours they might agree to a rise....

Sorry but you get what you settle for.

Some weeks I'll post nothing, some days i could have 20 posts; I'd be more than happy for my employer to look at my post history as I arrive earlier than him at 7am every morning and work until my job is finished anytime after 5. A minute or two here or there could be sent cramming myself with crisps, biscuits or cigarettes, but I waste it on here

I do agree that you get what you settle for entirely. Looking in the long term this is a wise career move for myself hence why I'm settling for it. I'm happy to earn a low wage as long as I'm able to sustain a healthy living, but when you can get electrical products for less than a tank of fuel or a basket of shopping it lead me to wonder am I the only one who's really feeling the squeeze with the price hike on the essentials.

Originally Posted by Ed

To everyone who asks 'where is the money going' here is at least part of the answer.
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/statistics.asp

Scary link. You can't fix anything by making it dependent.

This makes me sick:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7212990.stm
MP in my girlfriends area. She working 7 days a week because she gets stung by mental council tax in that area. Glad to see it's being spent on some nonce of a son; I think he's as guilty and should be prosecuted.

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

This makes me sick:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7212990.stm
MP in my girlfriends area. She working 7 days a week because she gets stung by mental council tax in that area. Glad to see it's being spent on some nonce of a son; I think he's as guilty and should be prosecuted.

your GF lives here? that is blooming far from South Wales, is it a telepathic relationship? pmsl
Mine is the same council

if you want a good debate, best on the waves, listen to Nick Ferrari on at 7am weekdays http://www.lbc.co.uk/article.asp?id=26153