When I am in charge!

[whiskywill]

End inheritance tax

I'd do the opposite. Increase it to properly fund social care. Put an end to the terrible discrimination against dementure sufferers - get cancer, heart disease etc, get looked after at the state's expense - get dementure, nothing left for anyone to pay inheritance tax on.

So literally, like - what's ur beef?

I'm half with you, except for the issue of cancer sufferers who smoked more than 1 per day for any sustained period, and heart patients who overate and did almost no exercise (and still don't) despite every specialists recommendations, or alcoholics being on the same waiting list as a teetotal for a new liver.

You want to properly fund social care? - CHARGE those people what it costs to help them**, rather than tax the people who were careful with thier money and saved for their old age, then had some left over to help thier living relatives.

A friend of mine was quoted £5,000 PER WEEK to care for his elderly parents, just for getting old and after a lifetime of being a higher rate tax payers, and paying their NI - yet I'll bet there is a high percentage of people getting NHS care for illnesses, diseases and injuries that were "self inflicted".

** chances are it'll also act as a bloody strong deterrant too - yes I KNOW it's complicated, but a line HAS to be drawn somewhere.

Oh and giving birth - you get three for free, after that - you pay full rate (which as of figures in 2017 is about £13,000 all in pre, and post care. Yeah £13,000 EACH). No more council house queens squirting out 6 kids and getting two council houses knocked together to live in.

Council Tax the way it was SUPPOSED to be (Poll tax) - that's a nice fat jump in revenue right there.

I live in a 4 bed house, converted to 6 bed (landlord owned), in a not so nice part of Bristol, and the house is worth £360k with a Ctax rate of £1982 per year or 0.55 % of current value.

My father lives in a 6 bed house, in a NICE area of Surrey, in a private road, with 1/4 acre of land, a 1/4 olympic size indoor heated pool, a double garage, gym and sauna; property value £1.37 million.

His CTax? £3,000 or 0.21% of value.

I'm being screwed.

Increasing the tax percentage on inheritance tax will have the opposite effect, savvy people will sell up and blow the lot or dump it in the myriad ways you can make money disappear - it's hard enough catching the ones who do as it is (remember all that broohaha a few years back with all those celebrities?) - and HMRC already fails more often than it successfully claims what was payable - increasing the tax will just increase the amount of people doing the above and swamping the already ineffective HMRC.

"Higher taxes" for the common folk isn't the answer - never was.

What's needed is more effective spending and less time and money wasted on stupid "nanny state" oversight in the civil services.

A friend of mine was quoted £5,000 PER WEEK to care for his elderly parents, just for getting old and after a lifetime of being a higher rate tax payers, and paying their NI - yet I'll bet there is a high percentage of people getting NHS care for illnesses, diseases and injuries that were "self inflicted".

People who who dangerous sports should have to buy healthcare insurance against injury. That includes pretty much any sport that has heavy bodily contact, even rugby.

(oh and again I'm in BOTH of the (ex) smoker + not as fit or slim as I should be categories, before anyone starts pointing fingers, plus I used to do martial arts and extreme sports; snowboarding skiiing, rollerblading on roads, downhill MTB trials, archery, clay pigeon shooting, windsurfing and more besides - so yeah insurance against injury should be a thing in the UK same as it is elsewhere.)

Oh and if you stick your head in a microwave and pour plaster of paris in to make a mould and you start to suffocate - I'd call that "natural selection". Calling the fire service to cut you out for FREE not an option.

Balance that first mate - then we'll talk.

(far as I'm concerned George Best should never have been given another liver)


Sorry this was meant to be a lighthearted thread - but some things really get up my nose.

/gets off soapbox.

People who copy and paste carelessly should be hammered. (hammer)

 

[whiskywill]

People who use Americanisms such as -

"Can I get a coffee?" or whatever.
Say a couple days and miss out the necessary "of".
"Medalled" when somebody wins a medal.
"Podiummed" when somebody wins a race.
Turn instead of bend in a motor race.

- should all have their tongues whipped.

And when did all solicitors in the U.K. become lawyers?

 

[Droogs]

And when did all solicitors in the U.K. become lawyers?

When they found out soliciting and living on the earnings thereof are illegal in the UK
:lol:

 

[transatlantic]

- "I could care less"
- Ending every sentence with ... 'You know what I mean?'
- Ending every sentence with ... 'mate'
- "Admins remove if not allowed" - like they need your permission!
- Go fund me sob stories
- Facebook posts with something along the lines of "I can't believe it!" ...
- Replies along the lines of 'What's wrong hun? x'
- People who use the wrong lane to get ahead in traffic, and then push their way back in once past the queues
- People who abuse disabled parking bays
- People who when turning right at a roundabout, don't go around, but simply ...take a sharp right.
- Lorries driving 58.65mph overtaking lorries driving 58.45mph
- Social trends
- When you're in a large queue at the supermarkert, and another till gets opened, and then people from the back of the queue jump to the new till !!!! *blood boils*
- People who get their drink, and then chat/hover around the tea/coffee machine.
- Sales that are not sales
- Other peoples music
- Fashion (stupid hair cuts annoy me, as well as skin tight jeans and man buns)
- Cyclists browsing their phone!!!!
- Actors appearing in too many movies over a short period of time
- The Essex accent



Yes - I'm an irritable man

 

[flying haggis]

but trucks are limited to 56mph so cant be travelling at 58.65!!

 

[flying haggis]

people who fill there vehicle at the pump then decide that a browse round the food section is okay thereby blocking the pump for others. pay for the fuel , move car then do shopping (hammer)

 

[Garno]

- "I could care less"
- Ending every sentence with ... 'You know what I mean?'
- Ending every sentence with ... 'mate'
- "Admins remove if not allowed" - like they need your permission!
- Go fund me sob stories
- Facebook posts with something along the lines of "I can't believe it!" ...
- Replies along the lines of 'What's wrong hun? x'
- People who use the wrong lane to get ahead in traffic, and then push their way back in once past the queues
- People who abuse disabled parking bays
- People who when turning right at a roundabout, don't go around, but simply ...take a sharp right.
- Lorries driving 58.65mph overtaking lorries driving 58.45mph
- Social trends
- When you're in a large queue at the supermarkert, and another till gets opened, and then people from the back of the queue jump to the new till !!!! *blood boils*
- People who get their drink, and then chat/hover around the tea/coffee machine.
- Sales that are not sales
- Other peoples music
- Fashion (stupid hair cuts annoy me, as well as skin tight jeans and man buns)
- Cyclists browsing their phone!!!!
- Actors appearing in too many movies over a short period of time
- The Essex accent



Yes - I'm an irritable man

Nothing wrong with any of them ……. I'm also an irritable man ...

 

[flying haggis]

why shouldnt you be expected to have insurance cover if you partake in dangerous sports, you chose to ski down the mountain, parachute etc so why if it goes wrong should the NHS foot the bill.

all these tw+ts who lead the police on a high speed chase should have to pay personally for any damaged caused to street furniture, police cars other cars etc. again why should the rest of us have to pay to replace fences, crash barriers, police vehicles etc

 

[Sheffield Tony]

why shouldnt you be expected to have insurance cover if you partake in dangerous sports, you chose to ski down the mountain, parachute etc so why if it goes wrong should the NHS foot the bill.

At the risk of annoying the OP by being too serious ...

Skiing is an odd one in a way, because you probably would be doing it out of range of the NHS so with insurance. But there are all sorts of lifestyle choices that have a risk of some kind associated with them, where do you draw the line ?
- Walking, fell walking, scrambling, rock climbing.
- Yoga, Tai Chi, Karate, Taekwondo, Kick boxing.
What about being a fat inactive slob endangering your heart ?

And going beyond sporting activity, what about smoking, drinking, DIY (!), motor cycling, ... What about insurance in case your dog injures a third party ?

If you head down this route you wind up with the US model - where you might need to find $1600 per month health insurance for your family (that's what my school friend who went to work in the US found - he's in golden handcuffs because his employer pays ATM). Only the insurers will be smiling.

 

[John Brown]

What constitutes a stupid haircut?

 

[Bm101]

- The Essex accent

Think you possibly mean Estuary English as an accent?
Maybe not of course. Bruv.

Here's an interesting concept. I can't cite it evidentially, im taking a break down me shed, but i did a lingustics course once many years ago and it was fascinating on many levels. Anyway.
On accents. What were the most reviled accents in a research survey that I cant substantiate?
Well that's the interesting thing.
If you ask a uk resident, the most unliked were typically cockney, (lets generalise and call that Estuary for this purpose), scouse, manc, brum.
What's the correlation? All very different sounding so why the general dislike? Its odd. Then you naturally ask the opposite. What are the favourites? And it turns out they are accents like south country, Somerset, the lakes, Yorkshire (yes and Lancashire! )
And the pattern emerges. Its country v city. But thats mad. So it must be another reason. It cant just be how they sound because they sound so different. So it's association. In the uk we like accents not from cities. Especially the big scary ones. We like the associations of the countryside.
Here's the thing though.
If you ask non uk residents the same question the results are completely reversed. They love cock er ney. Scouse, the Mad for its,
And yeh. Even the brums get some much needed love for it's excellent accent. Why? The associations held are different.
Just saying.
Dont blame Essex.
Blame the monoculturalism of the modern age. Might as well shout at the moon or try to hold the tide back with a throne. Canute belive that?
I lived in Sonwdonia for a while. It was hardly Alaska. I had a lovely neighbour in his 40s (i was 20 odd at the time) who had never been to Bangor. 7 miles away. I used to walk to Bangor to save the busfair. Im not kidding. But if he was the exception now, odd really, only a short while before the vast majority of people never traveled anywhere over 6 miles.
So what am i moaning about. Taking time to reply to thread about moaning where I moaned so much I forgot what I was moaning about to people I don't even know to the point I'm not even doing what I was doing before I picked my phone up to have a look on the internet. Modern times man.
I'm moaning because things are not the same now as they were before.
:|
Ohhh ffs... I have become old.

 

[Trainee neophyte]

So, this started off as a lighthearted poke at people who annoy, and has turned into a rant about people who are despised for not complying to mid-20th century mores. Oh, and cyclists, but that is just sensible, normal, rational thinking.

The title of this thread is "When I am in charge!" Anyone got anything positive to bring to the table?

How about "When I am in charge, money won't be created out of thin air by banks whenever someone borrows some money, but who never create the interest to repay the loan". It seems to me that if they can create the cash out of nothing in the first place, they can bloody we'll create the interest payments to go with it.

 

[dzj]

I remember this in an Essex accent:

Everyone will feel useful in lovely ways
Trees will be firmly rooted in town and country...

 

[Lons]

And when did all solicitors in the U.K. become lawyers?

When they found out soliciting and living on the earnings thereof are illegal in the UK
:lol:

Strange one this. :?

Solicitors by definition earn their living by soliciting thereby gaining obscene amounts for little time from others ( expensive prostitution ).

Lawyers do the same but more agressively ( desperate prostitution ) and actively offer themselves on a no win no fee basis. ( cheap prostitution ). Using the telephone to invade privacy and cajole people into claiming for fictional injury.

However a solicitous act is one of caring and concern for others, :? certainly not in my experience. :lol:

Applogies to and lawyers or solicitors on the forum, no offence intended.

 

[Cheshirechappie]

The title of this thread is "When I am in charge!" Anyone got anything positive to bring to the table?

Yes, I have!

When I am in charge, a Special Place will be created for people who want to rant on internet forums, thus leaving said forums free for those among us who contribute thoughtful, insightful, witty and informative comments. All that's needed is for someone to be appointed to decide between rant and thoughtful.




Oh. Hang on - I think I might have spotted a slight flaw in that plan. :? It's pretty much where we are, isn't it.....

Erm - as you were, chaps .....

 

[Lons]

I would have these words written into the marriage ceremony, to be uttered by the bride only btw. :wink:

"You will never be asked to decorate or paint the house"

No guesses what I'm doing at the minute, wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for all the ****ing labrador hairs floating around. :evil:

 

[Cheshirechappie]

Come to think of it, I suppose we could solve the problem of forum cycle-related arguments by nationally banning the use or possession of bicycles, tricycles and (just in case) unicycles. As an added bonus, it would decrease the instances of crimes against good taste committed by middle-aged men by their wearing of lycra.

 

[Bm101]

I remember this in an Essex accent:

Everyone will feel useful in lovely ways
Trees will be firmly rooted in town and country...

All the room in the world.
*fistbump

 

[Suffolkboy]

When I'm in charge I'll... Do whatever my wife tells me to do.

 

[transatlantic]

What constitutes a stupid haircut?

One that requires me to sit in the barbers for aaaaages, due to people having haircuts that take 30mins at a time! ... and then get their hair washed, and then sit with a hot flannel over their face.

ffs!