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Tax credits shouldn't taper with income
Tony Blair parliamentary petitition on war crimes
Please sign and circulate the petition. This man has blood on his hands, and no conscience..._ https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/108495
Eliminate tax on income and profits
The government could in theory eliminate income tax , NI and profit tax, and just allow the extra spending to boost vat income and property prices (and thus rental tax and stamp duty) But eliminating vat instead to increase income tax reciepts wouldn't hold with increasing automation
Further extend right to buy
1 - give private rental Tennant's the right to buy, then they don't have to move and supply of property for sale will be increased 2 - give static caravan owners the right to buy a leasehold on their pitch, getting ridiculous pitch fees under control could make this a better, easy housing solution with less environmental…
No such thing as gov 'deficit'
In the long term, anything the government spends circulates the economy and comes back as tax, although it may take a while which is why you see a deficit at the moment, its not like personal finances as they essentially get cashback as tax on whatever they spend, and is more like investment in its own economy. This is as…
ASDA and Black Friday
I am absolutely delighted that ASDA has seen sense and decided not to join in - now I can do my routine shop without fighting the crowds.
Facebook: Suspending accounts without proof of claim
Millions of users on Facebook have had their accounts suspended throughout this year (2015). Facebook have been claiming that the users affected by the suspension have been 'impersonating someone else or have not been using their correct names'. Facebook requests that users upload two forms of ID to prove that they say who…
Website security/passwords..
This may not be the right forum, but after the Talktalk 'hack', I was surprised that people would need to be warned about not using the same passwords elsewhere - it's easy for websites to avoid this problem, so even if 'encrypted' passwords are stolen, they won't work anywhere else.. If they add a prefix to our passwords…
This must be illegal?? P.f.i.
Hi, if i was a property owner, if i rent my home/building to a tennant/business, i must meet certain standards to make safe the property yes? i.e. a kitchen requires fire proof boards on a ceiling incase of fire? a bath/sink must have a water escape incase of over filling & potential flood damage? So if i modernise a…
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