TAXATION TO VEXATION.

The real problem of taxation is not knowing where the money goes. The media will question anything that comes from the budget, whatever the bias, be they increases and/or reductions.

History tells us that the lower the taxes, the happier folk are prepared to pay. In many countries, keeping money stuffed under the bed is preferable to declaring one's total income. It probably occurs in Britain more often than the Government likes to think. Could this become a regular habit with the few people who still trade in cash? Taxes on purchases, and green taxes on travel, are easier for the taxman to trace.

Let us return to the vexation, as we need to know in detail how much these charges go towards funding immigrants, many of them having never subscribed to the system. Certain operations in the NHS which should be charged to the patient, as they are a lifestyle choice rather than an ailment; awards to criminals on the grounds of Human Rights. We need to be kept up to date regarding every cost in these areas. Publishing all items on line daily, with an annual total.

The everyday increases in the price of motor fuel with it's knock-on effect, along with increased taxation, will become the battleground that the media ought to be considering. Unfortunately, the days of good journalism are, in most cases, turning to sensationalism.


BEWARE THE THRESHOLD TO REBELLION.