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Capillary action is not a myth. But it is very easy for a cowboy selling damp proof causes to say that it is the cause of a problem. When their solution does not solve the problem they will say it has solved part of the problem, how can you disprove that.

Thanks for the correction.

Just as well your mother does not live in Nebraska. In the UK prices can be displayed without VAT but it must be made clear. Places that sell like that are normally selling to other business. Some display both. Nebraska (from Revised Statutes of Nebraska): “77-2703(1)(b) It is unlawful for...

I am sure people will debate if his money would have been better spent on plain digestives but most would view it as a reasonable "luxury".

Yes everybody pays the same rate of VAT everywhere (I know Scotland can change income tax by 1%? do not know about VAT rates). I pay the same rate as a business or multinational company. Businesses that are VAT registered can claim back the VAT that their suppliers charged them then charge it...

The first sentence does not refer to the 20% or 5% it refers to the combined total spend 10% of disposable household income on VAT. I am not aware of a 10% VAT rate. You referenced 2.5% of their expenditure on VAT. The UK government states that the bottom 20% spend 10% on VAT. I do not know...

I believe, maybe wrong, that it some places in the US it is illegal to display the full price. I think the reason is political. In these days of computers and labels on shelves not products, for the most part, it is easy to display the price before and after tax. It is also easy to supply a...

Far better than anything I could make but I would have made the bottom solid to hide the slope of the floor.

The UK has been a very unpredictable place for the last few years. The regulatory environment changes day to day. Yesterday they delayed the introduction of the UKCA mark for another two years (third time I think). UKCA is a duplicate of the EU's CE mark, same standards. To sell in the UK...

The Bottom 20% spend 10% of disposable household income on VAT the top 20% of households 5% on VAT. Your idea that a significant number of low income households (excluding lentil eating tent dwellers) only pay 2.5% VAT is not true.

There are countries in Europe that tax more than the UK and have a higher GDP. I think it is more about what you do with the tax than the exact rate.

Here is your post again. I stated that the Bottom 20% spend 10% of disposable household income on VAT the top 20% of households 5% on VAT and supplied a reference. You clearly reference in your example a person who only pays VAT at 20% on £50. You also clearly reference the 5% rate, also know...

The OECD definition Disposable income is closest to the concept of income as generally understood in economics. Household disposable income is income available to households such as wages and salaries, income from self-employment and unincorporated enterprises, income from pensions and other...

If I lease a car to get to work I pay VAT at 20%. If you buy shares in a car leasing business you don't pay VAT. You are correct that some things that you do with your money to make more money are regarded differently. Or are you implying that people with more money bury it in the back garden...

Further to my post above. If you raise 10% VAT on the bottom 20% and maximise the take at 5% VAT rate, only one third could be taken at the 5% VAT rate. You need to take two thirds at 20% plus the one third at 5% to make 10% overall. yes it is For someone on £850 after direct tax the least...

The government states that the bottom 20% spend 10% of their income after direct taxes are taken on VAT the top 20% of households 5% on VAT. Most people accept that 10% is a bigger proportion than 5%. I assume that you mean £850 per month after direct taxes. The UK government state that 10%...

Yes disposal income is after direct taxes. The bottom 20% pay twice as much as the top 20% after direct tax.

What maths you have not shown any. Bottom 20% spend 10% of dispoable housahald income on VAT the top 20% of households 5% on VAT. https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8513/CBP-8513.pdf

The benefit system incentivises spending money rather than saving. You’re currently allowed £6000 of savings, it was less back in the 80s. They are "taxed" on the amount over this allowance of £4.35 every month for every £250 they have over £6000. The person with £8000 would loose £34.80 per...

There is a concrete flat roof with maybe a steel permanent formwork. No lintels. The brick wall is very likely to be holding up the concrete roof.