Why is VAT charged on top of duty? Swindle?

Leonard_H_Martin

RayWolfe wrote: »

Services are wonderful when we need them.

Oh you mean such vital services as futile (and quite possibly illegal) wars, paying off incompetent bankers, subsidising the life-style of MP's, propping up an over-saturated motor industry, spending well over £10 billion on a completely inept NHS IT system? Those services?

RayWolfe

Are you here to save money or help us to do so or just to pick a fight?
If the latter, f**k off and write to the Daily Mail or similar, I'm sure they would welcome your considerable knowledge and insightfullness.

Leonard_H_Martin

RayWolfe wrote: »

Are you here to save money or help us to do so or just to pick a fight?
If the latter, f**k off and write to the Daily Mail or similar, I'm sure they would welcome your considerable knowledge and insightfullness.

Thanks ever so much for the warm welcome. No, really.

First you insult me and tell me how great the services provided by tax are - neither having much to do with my original question - and after I suggest that any shortfall could be made up by making savings elsewhere you accuse me of trying to start a fight and insult me again.

Is that a fair summary of your contribution to this thread?

To the question "Are you here to save money or help us to do so?" yes I am - and already have thanks to Martin's great article on reclaiming PPI and will happily pass on advice/tips that come my way. But if you think that means I'll let the likes of you insult me or attempt to push me around you are very much mistaken.