Council Pay Freeze

The_White_Horse

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Again, more generalisations.

You pay £200 a month for your bin to be collected and for a policeman to drive around once a month do you?

Right. So. Lets see. How does that policeman drive around? I.e., in what? On what? Does he drive across fields to get around? Does the dustcart just arrive outside your house without using roads and fuel? Do you never go out at night and use any lighting whatsoever. Do you never use a tip? Have you never used a communal building? Never step on a footpath?

As for your civil service stuff. Tell you what, why don't we get rid of it alltogether? I reckon you would be one of the first moaning when your life is effected by it in a way you can't even imagine now.

most local councils don't deal with the roads.

in ireland, they have no council tax. and their tax rates aren't much higher than here. they pay for their bins to be collected. much cheaper.

Graham_Devon

The_White_Horse wrote: »

most local councils don't deal with the roads.

in ireland, they have no council tax. and their tax rates aren't much higher than here. they pay for their bins to be collected. much cheaper.

The council tax still pays for the roads, whether someone else is contracted in or not.

Really2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

The council tax still pays for the roads, whether someone else is contracted in or not.

Not all, some fall under the highways agency.

The_White_Horse

Graham_Devon wrote: »

The council tax still pays for the roads, whether someone else is contracted in or not.

what about road tax?

Turnbull2000

izzybusy23 wrote: »

Pressed the wrong button by mistake!

Nope, not convinced. My husband pays less than 6% of his salary and he works in the private sector for GE and will have a good pension. Really, LGPS isn't all that glitters is gold..

That's because he's lucky enough to remain in a private sector final salary scheme - the preserve of an ever dwindling minority. You're using the fortunate few as a benchmark for the unfortunate many.

The typical value of employer contributions in the private sector is less than 6%. The typical value of employer contributions in the public sector is around 25% (inc. further top-ups in retirement).

Graham_Devon

The_White_Horse wrote: »

what about road tax?

There is no such thing.

Really2 wrote: »

Not all, some fall under the highways agency.

I never said all.

Really2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

There is no such thing.

There is, It is the tax disk on your car?????

Graham_Devon

Really2 wrote: »

There is, It is the tax disk on your car?????

There is no such thing as road tax.

Really2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

There is no such thing as road tax.

Graham,
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/#

The UK Road Tax system has changed, following Chancellor Alistair Darling’s 2008 Budget and Pre-Budget Report announcements. There were no further announcements in the 2009 Budget.

The shake-up means that working out how much road tax you're likely to pay is set to get confusing, with varying increases in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

It is a tax for using the roads. You left because of stupid arguments and now you are doing another one.

bendix

Anyway, I'm getting bored of all this now.


I'm not biased against or jealous towards the people who work in the public sector. In fact, I'm delighted they earn piffling little salaries - it's an accurate gauge of the contribution they make to my life.

No offence meant, of course. I too wish I could come to work in a nice woollen cardigan, and a 15 year old knitted tie.

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