Almost at the end of April and temperatures are still low 8 to 11C we even had a snow flurry the other day. There is still the odd day which gives hope of a spring and maybe even a summer to come. Plenty of April showers still and cold winds.
Our beloved lords and masters have removed the lowest band of income tax essentially doubling the tax burden of up to 70% of the working population. The media is talking about 5,000,000 people losing out it will be a lot more than this. Every couple who have no children at home who earn less than £18,000 will have their tax double from paying 10% it's gone up to 20% of their income above £5400. This proves the rule that the Labour Party is not and has never been the party looking after the lower paid. Like all politicians it's a case of I'm alright, what are you moaning about. I am one of those low paid and during the term of this Labour government the amount of my income that goes back to national and local government is now around 65% of my monthly income, it's sometimes more. It obviously depends on what I spend but there seems to be a tax connected with everything in life; VAT on just about everything, council tax, excise duty on this customs duty on that, climate change levy on gas and electricity, Fossil fuel duty on gas and Electricity, Insurance premium tax the list goes on and on and we have to pay them everytime we walk out our front door. They even want to charge us a congestion charge for being caught up in the congestion they cause by narrowing roads and put speed bumps everywhere.
Enough said though, my rants won't change anything, I just hope that the politicians get a fright with some big name career politicians of all parties failing to be re-elected next time round. They won't lose out they will simply get larger pay packets from big business as consultants. But it might show the younger, newer politicos that their coats remain forever on a shaky nail.
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