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jd6969uk Mar 16th 2010 9:59 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425238)
What's a FUGATIVE? :confused:

I think you can take medication for that but I heard it does leave a nasty mark!

jd6969uk Mar 16th 2010 10:01 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar (Post 8425244)
That's very short sighted. The government bailed it out because letting it 'go under' would have had much worse impacts with regard to job loss and damage to the economy.

Would you have let it 'go under' and make 140,000 people jobless?

We could have saw what happened for a laugh - where`s your sense of adventure:)

Anyway Crash Gordon saved us!!

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 10:03 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by livinginreality (Post 8424763)
Afterall they do try an encourage good law abiding citizens don't they?Says alot about your characters I think....hhmmm interesting!

You see, that's where you are missing the point. Not paying debts is fully within the law and completely legal. So, you can skip debts AND be a law abiding citizen.

As for the moral judgement... Well that's just an opinion and doesn't make it right or wrong. In fact, what is right and wrong and who says what right and wrong is? Hmmm... :confused:

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 10:06 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by samjones1999 (Post 8424845)
Question.....when a new born baby dies because the neo natal unit is short of funds because people have not paid their tax bill , when an old lady is burnt because the fire brigade have not the resources to respond in time due to people not paying their council tax , when a pensioner and later his dog dies due to hypothermia because he cant afford to pay the bill due to the increased costs of the utility company due to none payment am I right to think that , as a person who pays my bills on time , I do not have blood on my hands?

Now you're talking sentimental crap. As for the council tax point. Well maybe the council should stop spending the money on CCTV cameras and stop spying on people.

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 10:12 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by kporte (Post 8425149)
Fair enough. I've yet to meet a woman I can shut up anyway!!:lol:

It's easy to get women to shut up. You just need to put something in their mouth... ;)

jeanettetlw Mar 16th 2010 10:15 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by jd6969uk (Post 8425253)
We could have saw what happened for a laugh - where`s your sense of adventure:)

Anyway Crash Gordon saved us!!

well they get enough in bonusus to keep them going for a while

morrisj3 Mar 16th 2010 10:18 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425280)
It's easy to get women to shut up. You just need to put something in their mouth... ;)

Like chocolates or fine wines or..........oh, surely you don't mean.......:ohmy: :embarrassed_smile:

jeanettetlw Mar 16th 2010 10:18 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425267)
Now you're talking sentimental crap. As for the council tax point. Well maybe the council should stop spending the money on CCTV cameras and stop spying on people.

thats about right

jd6969uk Mar 16th 2010 10:18 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by jeanettetlw (Post 8425285)
well they get enough in bonusus to keep them going for a while

That`s true - I forgot about that:banghead:

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 10:19 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar (Post 8425244)
Would you have let it 'go under' and make 140,000 people jobless?

Yes, I would have actually. Not an easy decision to make but it would have been better for the UK in the long run. Now, future generations will be taxed to death paying off govt debts.

People will always survive and find new jobs.

jeanettetlw Mar 16th 2010 10:26 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425296)
Yes, I would have actually. Not an easy decision to make but it would have been better for the UK in the long run. Now, future generations will be taxed to death paying off govt debts.

People will always survive and find new jobs.

anyone else going bust for stupid amounts like the banks would have been told to shut up shop pure and simple

AlliF Mar 16th 2010 11:09 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by jeanettetlw (Post 8425226)
right now i have no debts,if i sell up i still have council tax to pay until i emigrate now do you get it

So does that mean you feel as if you should be exempt from paying council tax, even though you have the means, because you have decided to emigrate? :confused:Even if you would still be using the council services until you got on that plane? :confused:

By the way they can hunt you down when you least expect it -
when I was a student I moved around quite a bit within rented acommodation, but eventually decided to move home to save up for a flat. I went into the local council offices to close my account and make sure I had cleared my council tax debts, which they said I had.

One day - and it was more than 6 years later for those of you quoting this 6 year rule - I tried to withdraw money from my bank account only to be told my account had been frozen.
Further investigation showed that the council had made a mistake and I actually owed them £140 after all. :ohmy:
They made a HUGE deal of it and I actually had to borrow money from a friend to pay them the money to get the account unfrozen. They wouldn't even let me take any money out of the account until the debt was paid, even though there was ample money in there to cover it. I was totally mortified even though it was not my fault.

moneypenny20 Mar 16th 2010 11:16 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by jeanettetlw (Post 8425226)
right now i have no debts,if i sell up i still have council tax to pay until i emigrate now do you get it

No, I don't. Unless between now and when you leave you won't be using any public services at all and that I find hard to comprehend.

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 11:17 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by jeanettetlw (Post 8425317)
anyone else going bust for stupid amounts like the banks would have been told to shut up shop pure and simple

And it would have been the banks calling the debt in. :frown:

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 11:20 am

Re: debts or not
 

Originally Posted by scotdownunder (Post 8425404)
One day - and it was more than 6 years later for those of you quoting this 6 year rule - I tried to withdraw money from my bank account only to be told my account had been frozen.

If it was over 6 years then they were acting illegally.


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