Anyone gone to drastic measures to pay off debt?

amosworks

I lie left right and centre on any and all forms, processes and declerations relating to any taxes (including the tax called "TV license" - never paid it). I've hardly paid any in the last few years and really doubt anyone will ever find out. I so totally don't agree with it I am willing to risk a lot. In fact I'm not embarrassed to say I've become really good at illegally avoiding taxes.

Most my transactions are done by cash and from a cash pile I have at home, and nobody can prove anything. I get paid a lot in cash too, and I ask no questions. I don't pay NI or income tax. Neither do I pay VAT if I can help it, I have several friends who are happy to put things through their companies for a little extra.

Most months cash may go in my bank account or out of it in round numbers so there's nothing anybody can say what was paid for what, who to or where it came from. If I ever get picked up on any anomoly, I can say that I have a lot of cash under my mattress which I use to survive and don't work or claim benefits. My paper trail is non-existent.

The "Am I bovvered" rating is a big fat 0. Like bank charges, does anybody really believe it costs so much money to administer a country? Nope. Here's a copy from an email I received shortly after the last budget:

"what if the UK stopped the cheques to the EU?"

One of the best ways to grasp how bad the recently-announced budget is, is to look at what could have been done, if foolish spending items, like our contribution to the EU, had been left out. Here's a story that shows how badly we are bleeding Britain's own needs to support the greedy federasts of the Holy Belgian Empire.

Gordon Brown last week announced his budget for 2006/07. To mark the occasion we've looked at ten specific spending pledges he made in his speech in the context of the £82 million a week (net) that we paid the EU in 2004 - set to rise to £115 million a week from next year. The result shows that, had we stopped the cheques just 18 months ago when the EU failed its audit for the 10th year running, this week Brown would have had the funds to double these amounts he pledged to spend:

'1. "to promote peacekeeping in the most troubled countries of the world, I am today also setting aside an additional £200 million" (equals 3 weeks worth of EU payments)

'2. "Britain will in future have a single budget for the medical research council and NHS research. And it will be worth £1 billion per year" (NHS research = 13 weeks)

'3. "The Deputy Prime Minister is today announcing the allocation of £970million for shared equity to help new homeowners get their first step on the ladder of home owning" (12 weeks)

'4. "we have doubled the budgets for security here at home from £1 billion to £2 billion" (security budget = 25 weeks)

'5. "the new UN emergency relief fund will...immediately provide as its first major disbursement $30million in famine relief to the Horn of Africa -building on our own emergency contribution of $60million." (£35 million, equalled in 3 weeks)

'6. "For training and facilities for our world class athletes of the future, I can announce £200million of public money...over £600 million in total" (6 weeks)

'7. "we are today announcing initial funding of £34 million for a new national sports foundation" (a mere 3 days worth of money to the EU)

'8. "at an additional cost of £100 million we will ensure that by April next year we will more than double the number of community support officers from 6,000 to 16,000. And ensure that there will be neighbourhood policing in every community in England and Wales" (equalled in 2 weeks)

'9. "the Transport Secretary is announcing today that from April 2008 at a cost of £250 million for every pensioner and for disabled people free off peak national bus travel in every area of the country". (3 weeks)

'10. "with £270 million extra from April, rising to £440 million next year, I can today put much more money than before direct to our schools for tuition, teachers and teacher support". (just 4 weeks of EU payments would match this)

Total amounts
All these budget spending pledges add up to 71 weeks worth of payments to the EU. So if we had stopped the cheques to the EU around 18 months ago - when the EU failed its audit for the 10th year running - Gordon Brown could today have doubled his investments in the areas listed above.

Or alternatively, if schools are his priority, he could have doubled the entire total investment in schools for the coming year of £6 billion.

Or the £3.4 billion funding for the 2012 Olympics could have been accrued within 42 weeks, with no extra burden on the government, London taxpayers or the national lottery.

Go figure.

BobProperty

sammy115 wrote:

Who mentioned stealing! I actually thought copping off with a world cup footballer and selling my story was a good idea! (as long as its not wayne!)

You are a female Sammy aren't you? .... pity ..... you'd get more for your story if you were a bloke :eek:

Willsnarf1983

BobProperty wrote:

You are a female Sammy aren't you? .... pity ..... you'd get more for your story if you were a bloke :eek:

i'd still like to hear about it!!!!

Will

dottyanne

I lie left right and centre on any and all forms, processes and declerations relating to any taxes (including the tax called "TV license" - never paid it). I've hardly paid any in the last few years and really doubt anyone will ever find out. I so totally don't agree with it I am willing to risk a lot. In fact I'm not embarrassed to say I've become really good at illegally avoiding taxes.

Most my transactions are done by cash and from a cash pile I have at home, and nobody can prove anything. I get paid a lot in cash too, and I ask no questions. I don't pay NI or income tax. Neither do I pay VAT if I can help it, I have several friends who are happy to put things through their companies for a little extra.

Most months cash may go in my bank account or out of it in round numbers so there's nothing anybody can say what was paid for what, who to or where it came from. If I ever get picked up on any anomoly, I can say that I have a lot of cash under my mattress which I use to survive and don't work or claim benefits. My paper trail is non-existent.

The "Am I bovvered" rating is a big fat 0. Like bank charges, does anybody really believe it costs so much money to administer a country? Nope. Here's a copy from an email I received shortly after the last budget:

Amos - are you for real or just pulling our legs???

dotty xx

sammy115

Willsnarf1983 wrote:

i'd still like to hear about it!!!!

Will

You perv!!!! Lets face it if we are talking about doing anything to pay off our debts I could be male or female, depends whose asking.

Although I am female by the way!

LMAO :rotfl:

millsee

amosworks wrote:

Go figure.

K.

Firstly, the total amount that the UK contributes to the EU is considerably less than stated in the "email you received". I use inverted commas since it is a copy of some text on the referendum.org website.

Secondly, without the net contribution to the EU, we would not benefit from the stablised markets that have seen food prices fall by 7% in real terms since the start of the millennium. Since the average household spends upwards of 10% of its budget on food, this is not an inconsiderable sum.

Shortsightedness of the benefits of remaining in the EU is common; DYOR, and you'll see it's not actually a bad thing.

THE_LONE_RANGER_4

yes when i was in debt and needed to get it sorted i tried to sell my mother inlaw i had a few calls from the gambia etc but decided i would and could live with debts etc im now debt free and regrets i have a few the main one i didnt go through with the sale

Willsnarf1983

sammy115 wrote:

You perv!!!! Lets face it if we are talking about doing anything to pay off our debts I could be male or female, depends whose asking.

Although I am female by the way!

LMAO :rotfl:

and it would be even better if it were u and say colleen or theo's missus which btw it only took the papers 4 days to dig dirt up on!

Will

amosworks

millsee wrote:

K.

Firstly, the total amount that the UK contributes to the EU is considerably less than stated in the "email you received". I use inverted commas since it is a copy of some text on the referendum.org website.

Secondly, without the net contribution to the EU, we would not benefit from the stablised markets that have seen food prices fall by 7% in real terms since the start of the millennium. Since the average household spends upwards of 10% of its budget on food, this is not an inconsiderable sum.

Shortsightedness of the benefits of remaining in the EU is common; DYOR, and you'll see it's not actually a bad thing.

That's total poppycock.

The EU example which I did actually receive via email from a friend (you seem surprised by this?? Copy&Paste and Email has been around for a bit now hun) is one of MANY things money is p!ssed away on.

I will happily pay tax when Gordon Brown logs on and posts his SoA and we can all fix it up properly!

I tell you, give me that idiots job and I guarantee you I can run the country better at < 10% of the current cost - and that would be a money-back guarantee!!

millsee

amosworks wrote:

That's total poppycock.

Really? Which parts do you disagree with?