Streetwalker wrote: » Worked our bill out few weeks back and it was in and around the 480 a year mark and that's with being careful. Brother worked his out a little higher think it was 525 a year. Doesn't make a difference to me either way as im not paying twice and I know it will be privatised and increased over time but I thought it was interesting because we are told it will be around 240 a year lol. Anyway good luck to those paying you will be sorry in a few years time when the bills for 800-1000 a year start to drop through the letterbox.
Streetwalker wrote: » Anyway good luck to those paying you will be sorry in a few years time when the bills for 800-1000 a year start to drop through the letterbox.
Rosa Hot Lumberman wrote: » Good luck to those not paying when they are eventually forced to pay a massive bill and penalties for refusing to pay from the start.
Curly Judge wrote: » And what do you think will be dropping through your letterbox
Streetwalker wrote: » They can put want they want in the letterbox pal I still wont be handing over a cent of my hard earned wages. Take me to court, put me in jail it makes no difference to me and I'm one of many many people who are of the same mind. Like I said good luck to those who pay.
Valetta wrote: » You might want to rethink your strategy there.
listermint wrote: » Pat Pat, Heres a biscuit now ive filled your bowl up in the corner there well done boy good job
Ste- wrote: » Just had a quick thought. If the water works the other way in Australia, Do they pay you to use the water there ?
Plates wrote: » Quite an amount of irony in that quote since so many of the "protestors" play the poor mouth so much you'd think they were only able to afford to eat dog food (after they've paid for their mobile phone bill, Sky/NTL, few pints, obligatory sun holiday etc.). "Can't pay, won't pay" my ar*e.
geeksauce wrote: » Is that 10,621 per adult disposable income per year, as in anyone with less than 10,621 disposable income per year is AROP?
cerastes wrote: » I think they used up that card too many times already, the threat card is it, fear of imposition of penal extra charges for not being good little boys and girls that just shut up and do what they are told. They can only roll that out so many times, its expired, gone past that now.
Streetwalker wrote: » Why I run my own business hardly going to fire myself? I've been inside for the non payment of the licence fee before (in and out in around two hours). Do you really think we have the capacity to send literally hundreds of thousands of people who are right in their beliefs to prison? Bring it on the government is fighting a losing fight here.:)
Rosa Hot Lumberman wrote: » Tax was cut in the budget and an awful lot of people will take more money home next year than this year even after water charges. This fact is completely and totally lost on the protesters. reverse everything (cancel water charges and increase the taxes again) and I'm worse off at the end of the month. It also has a big effect on those with no choice but to pay water charges and who have been paying them for years in country areas as they pay for their water and would have their taxes increased again.
listermint wrote: » Complete crap, Tax was cut to the tune of the Water Charges, The Water Charges that have an allowance built in. What happens once the allowance is cut off ?
Rosa Hot Lumberman wrote: » Tax was cut in the budget and an awful lot of people will take more money home next year than this year even after water charges. This fact is completely and totally lost on the protesters. reverse everything (cancel water charges and increase the taxes again) and I'm worse off at the end of the month. It also has a big effect on those with no choice but to pay water charges and who have been paying them for years in country areas as they pay for their water and would have their taxes increased again. What if they make it a compulsory deduction from your salary?
listermint wrote: » What happens once the allowance is cut off ?
Rosa Hot Lumberman wrote: » The single person water charge is currently 176 euro a year, the tax cuts are worth more than double that to me.
Mrs Garth Brooks wrote: » I realise that there is a budget deficit. Taxes and charges has to be raised. But I read something that we weren't even paying the interest on the bank bailout loan. I'm no mathematician, but introducing a water charge won't cover this bank debt.
Streetwalker wrote: » How can they it's nothing to do with revenue? If they change things and make that call they will be chucked out of office faster than you can say FF.
Barely There wrote: » Very easy to change the collection responsibility over to revenue as was done with the HHC and Property Tax.
Most tax-compliant members of society are very supportive of measures which stop freeloaders and bludgers from trying to parasite off the rest of us.
geeksauce wrote: » Only problem is that hundreds of thousands of people aren't dumb enough to let themselves get to the point where they risk being jailed for the sake of a few hundred euro per year. There are some that are foolish enough to go to jail over such charges but certainly not hundreds of thousands of people. Many will claim that they will be jailed before paying a cent for water, however this is merely hot air and will disappear as soon as pressure is applied. You just need to have a look at the HHC I imagine that if you were to go back through the threads on that here on this site you would see many claiming that hundreds of thousands of people would go to jail before paying it and the compliance numbers for that suggest a completely different outcome.
geeksauce wrote: » You just need to have a look at the HHC I imagine that if you were to go back through the threads on that here on this site you would see many claiming that hundreds of thousands of people would go to jail before paying it and the compliance numbers for that suggest a completely different outcome.
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