Rant 83 - 23/3/12 Subject: Taxes for our own good

Rant number 83


On the radio today, someone summed out how I feel about many of the taxes the government are continually pumping out.

For those not familiar with the latest - they've decided to take the pressure off their Budget follies (like trying to delve further into the purses of retirees and put it into their rich friends pockets for instance) by hitting out at drinkers.

They're going to up the prices of alcohol to at least 40p a litre - to prevent binge drinking culture. This will restrict strong lager to costing at least £1.20 a can. In other words: Just another kick in the balls for the little guy.

I get that binge drinking is a problem - putting pressure on the police force & on the NHS. Its not about the prices though! Its the way that our country deals with it.

Europe doesn't get nearly as much of an issue with binge drinking (except for when our young thugs visit of course,) and they give alcohol to the children! When you make it taboo to youngsters like we do - it just makes things so much worse!

I agree, that being able to buy 3 litres of cheap cider containing 15 units - for about £3 quid is stupid - but Being able to buy 10 bottles of beer for £9 quid for instance should not be a problem.

Another thing to bear in mind - is that most people who drink, do so to escape their every day miseries - miseries made all the worse by being taxed to death on anything they enjoy!

The thing that really gets my goat though, is that this is another tax for our own good - Fuckers.

If you are rich, you can drink, smoke, drive & eat as much as you want - to whatever excess you wish (I've not seen too many skinny guys in the house of lords for instance?) but we - the naive general public are too much of a danger to ourselves.

Bear in mind that - the bar in parliament doesn't charge pay tax on their alcohol and was recently the site of a brawl between several MP's. Who needs their alcohol charges putting up again?

To any of you who voted Torie, I really hope you are pleased. I personally would prefer to pull out my own toenails than vote for them - and feel good and screwed.

Bastards

Rant over.

Rant 77 - 17/3/12 Subject: Tax breaks for the super-rich

Rant number 77


We are going to get screwed - good and proper!

I am not a conservative. I disagree with almost everything they stand for and - although I didn't do it in any way deliberately, I kind of voted for them...

You see, I voted for the Liberal Democrats (like many other people.) I'd had enough of Labour fucking it up, I hate the Tories - so my thinking was 'at least let someone else have a chance to screw us over.'

What happened though? The parliament got hung and the idiots within the Lib-Dem's showed their true colours (blue) and sided with the bastards.

Hasn't it worked out well for them!? fucking imbeciles.

The reason I hate the Tories is because of the equality they seem to stand for. Old Money, Public school, toffishness and insular policies are high on their list of fundamental principles.

Since they came into power then, they've been doing their very best to protect the old rich, bankers bonuses and increase taxes for the normal folk. Business as usual then.

Which brings me to my point. The proposal that the chancellor may be removing the 50p tax bracket.

To be on this tax bracket, you will need to be earning in excess of £150,000 - meaning that you will be taking home in your bank account £75,000 pounds a year. Just in case any of you were wondering, this is a lot more than I currently earn in 4 years.

Yeah, because those are the people who are struggling!

They're not favoring the rich by proposing this though. Not at all

In this same budget, they are talking about increasing the fuel duty by another 3 pence and, no doubt fucking us normal folk over in any way possible. Remember that this is also the same government who are pushing up the retirement age & robbing from the public sector pension pot. 

Its not fair, and its not acceptable.

Maybe its time that we all did something about it. Not the unions, not just the public centre - but all of us.

And properly. 

Let me make myself clear! - I'm not talking about childish rioting and thieving, like the scum-bags last summer - all that does is increase the class divide. 

No, what I'm talking about is a serious campaign of statements. 

How about all of us, the Internet generation inform them by sensibly written letter that we do not approve. There are a lot of us, we are generally sensible, articulate and have learnt that words have power in the right hands.

OUR HANDS.

Share this rant and ask people to read it if you agree with what I say. Maybe it really is time for action.

Rant over.