stay at home Mum

FBaby

So OP and daughter are on low income yet seem to have chosen to live close by each other in a upmarket area. Surely that is the price to pay?

seven-day-weekend

vassa wrote: »

Oh so the amount of tax someone pays on a product is directly related to their ethics? Turn it in mate.

I was getting £12 baccy at £7.50 a pouch from people that had brought it back from holiday. I'm well evil.

But if they are selling it on to you they are officially smuggling and you are buying smuggled goods. The tax paid goods they have bought are supposed to be for their own use, not sold on.

Dunroamin

vassa wrote: »

Oh so the amount of tax someone pays on a product is directly related to their ethics? Turn it in mate.

I was getting £12 baccy at £7.50 a pouch from people that had brought it back from holiday. I'm well evil.

And a liar as well, "mate".

(I think we all know what's actually meant by "when i gave up it was £7.50 a pouch on the 'black market' ('imported' stuff )"

Dunroamin

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

But if they are selling it on to you they are officially smuggling and you are buying smuggled goods. The tax paid goods they have bought are supposed to be for their own use, not sold on.

Illegal tobacco is an enormous problem on so many levels. Unfortunately, there are always idiots who don't understand this and even boast about their involvement in the trade.

http://get-some-answers.co.uk/should-i-be-concerned.aspx

Apologies for going OT, but I think it's an important issue.

maggieann2luke

We live in Cumbria, born ad bred in this village. If it wasn't for the council houses and housing association there would be only a handful of elderly residents who own their own homes. At the last count 80% of the houses in this village are holiday homes, some only used for weekends or the odd week. My oh works in a local quarry sae as his dad and grandads before him. Other family members live in the immediate area. We have every right to live where we are as long as we abide by the rules of tenancy agreements. I wanted to do sewing alterations at home but wasn't allowed to, if they'd let me do it then others would have started up..
At least we are very lucky to live in a lovely area and be in fresh air outside the door.

Thanks for all your suggestions, I will go through them all again later today. Who knows, we might not need the caves after all, just a pony and cart.

vassa

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

But if they are selling it on to you they are officially smuggling and you are buying smuggled goods. The tax paid goods they have bought are supposed to be for their own use, not sold on.

Some government body decided to make it illegal to buy and sell a PLANT without paying massive taxes on it. Because I choose to ignore those who I never elected to rule over me, in a peaceful and dignified manner, does not make me a criminal in anyone's eyes except theirs and people like you who need to be spoonfed their own lives in manageable chunks.

I'll pick and choose what 'rules' I decide to follow. I hurt no-one, so i'll do as I like.

Learn to think for yourself, or you could just remain ignorant like Dun.

vassa

Dunroamin wrote: »

Illegal tobacco is an enormous problem on so many levels. Unfortunately, there are always idiots who don't understand this and even boast about their involvement in the trade.

http://get-some-answers.co.uk/should-i-be-concerned.aspx

Apologies for going OT, but I think it's an important issue.

Funny that, I've never seen a man hanging out of a car near children trying to sell them baccy. I bet you believed SARS, bird flu, foot and mouth, MMR, millennium bug, 'killer' bees and false widow spiders are coming to kill you too.

You're a prime example of why governments get away with charging us the amount they do for stuff, because you'd be unable to function without them telling you what's what. Brainless.

Dunroamin

vassa wrote: »

Funny that, I've never seen a man hanging out of a car near children trying to sell them baccy. I bet you believed SARS, bird flu, foot and mouth, MMR, millennium bug, 'killer' bees and false widow spiders are coming to kill you too.

You're a prime example of why governments get away with charging us the amount they do for stuff, because you'd be unable to function without them telling you what's what. Brainless.

"It is reported that illegal tobacco is responsible for four times as many deaths as drugs, and that 4,000 fewer people would die each year from smoking-related illnesses in the UK if tobacco smuggling were wiped out.
And because illegal cigarettes are far cheaper - up to half the price of legal ones - they make it easier for children to take up the habit, encourage people to smoke more, and make it harder for smokers to quit."

Governments charge large amounts of tax on things like tobacco to fund the NHS, education and other necessities. Tax evasion on tobacco is a contributory factor in cuts in these areas, much as you might like to think it isn't.

Poppie68

maggieann2luke wrote: »

We live in Cumbria, born ad bred in this village. If it wasn't for the council houses and housing association there would be only a handful of elderly residents who own their own homes. At the last count 80% of the houses in this village are holiday homes, some only used for weekends or the odd week. My oh works in a local quarry sae as his dad and grandads before him. Other family members live in the immediate area. We have every right to live where we are as long as we abide by the rules of tenancy agreements. I wanted to do sewing alterations at home but wasn't allowed to, if they'd let me do it then others would have started up..
At least we are very lucky to live in a lovely area and be in fresh air outside the door.

Thanks for all your suggestions, I will go through them all again later today. Who knows, we might not need the caves after all, just a pony and cart.

How do your other immediate family manage to survive living in the 'outback'? Are they not able to help your daughter in her quest for an extravagant lifestyle ie: childminding or transport to enable her to go out and work?

I'm struggling to see how any HA can refuse you permission to take in a bit of sewing just because others may want to do it...can't see too many 'Bill Gates' wannabe's living in a sleepy village and turining their HA homes into business empires.

bloolagoon

I know Ambleside well, beautiful part of the lakes and very tourist based with long term returners. There is plenty of employment in that area, it's her inability to drive, which can easily be addressed.