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El Capitan

Jul 18th 2008 9:45 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

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Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 6586518)

Its all a huge balancing act isn't it!

Indeed Mitzy it is.
Getting enough out of taxes as income to fund all the "want to do" things. I remain amazed how many people do not accept that the government only spends our own money, meaning that which they have managed to get us to pay to the treasury. For some reason some people think the goverment is made of money (out of nowhere).

Mitzyboy

Jul 18th 2008 9:49 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

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Originally Posted by El Capitan (Post 6586535)

As I said before, what they give with one hand they take away with the other. They only have so much to play around with, just like your average joe's monthly budget, so if they lose money somewhere they have to claw it back elsewhere.

Conservative tax reductions ..... pah! They'll just screw you somewhere else!

El Capitan

Jul 18th 2008 9:54 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

I think we are in total agreement on this one Mitzy.
Now do you prefer to get screwed with a particular colour ?

betris

Jul 18th 2008 10:00 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

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Originally Posted by bil (Post 6586482)

Yeah, but there are all the background costs to consider.

How much would the reduction in pollution be worth? The reduction of traffic?

Don't worry, no-one will ever take such a stupid suggestion like mine seriously until we are in the position of treading water to survive. Then and only then will anyone start to think that the simple, vulgar consideration of money wasn't the most important consideration.

Narmean?

Think of this.Every thing relys on transport.The cannals worked well 100 years ago same as all the goods and fruit trains but there are a lot more people about and every ones life style has changed.Needs do as needs must.
But things will eventualy change again so its not realy a stupid idia just its not the right time for a drastic change

rugbymatt

Jul 18th 2008 10:02 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

Recession my arse!

betris

Jul 18th 2008 10:03 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

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Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 6586547)

How about a BE tax

El Capitan

Jul 18th 2008 10:03 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

Take it where you wish to Matt.
Your arse that is.

El Capitan

Jul 18th 2008 10:05 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

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Originally Posted by betris (Post 6586606)

How about a BE tax

Tis fine by me. 40% of bugger all is not a lot.

bil	Jul 18th 2008 10:09 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

Yeah, but if low taxes mean doing nothing about climate change and the environment...

El Capitan

Jul 18th 2008 10:12 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

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Originally Posted by bil (Post 6586623)

Yeah, but if low taxes mean doing nothing about climate change and the environment...

Give me and others a way forward on this one bil. I have sacrificed the last 34 yrs of my life to those goals. Some success but some failures too.

bil	Jul 18th 2008 10:46 am

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

Trouble is, none of us have any real clout, and any real change would require a lot of turkeys to vote for xmas.

Rotor

Jul 18th 2008 8:56 pm

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

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Originally Posted by El Capitan (Post 6586535)

Absoulutley,goverments have no money other than the dodgy donations they recieve ,they do however (mis) manage the tax payers money to run(down) the country,:curse:

Rgds

Rotor

lynnxa

Jul 18th 2008 8:59 pm

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

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Originally Posted by Rotor (Post 6577392)

So how are we all going to survive the recession? its all doom and gloom at the moment so it must be on every ones mind,and who`s got any recession proof business ideas??:confused:

Rgds

Rotor

take a leaf out of the spaniards book - work hard with fingers in many pies

chippie2

Jul 18th 2008 9:32 pm

Re: What are you going to do during the recession?

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Originally Posted by poshnbucks (Post 6578607)

Andy..... I see what you mean bigger risks just seen your latest warehouse full of computers..................Luvly Jubbly :rofl::rofl::rofl: Ex Pats will love em.

like the Amstrad sold mine at bootfair didnt they were still around with monitor never did use it as a PC :thumbup:

Rotor

Jul 18th 2008 9:32 pm

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Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 6587645)

take a leaf out of the spaniards book - work hard with fingers in many pies

They do dont they,the trouble with that is there seems to be a lot of half arsed business`s that never do anything exceptionaly well ,many not lasting more than six months, better to do one thing well than cock up several things,

Rgds

Rotor

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