And Then, Up She Rises…

   Well, so, Stear Karmer’s all but finished shuffling the deck chairs and it would seem none of them are on the sunny side. One blessing amongst the present chaos is that Ed Minibrain remains in charge of the continuing death of readily available, reasonably priced energy and thus the demise of many industries and ultimately the countries destruction. Small mercies eh?
   Anyhoo, not long to wait for an early Christmas treat when the next budget is released upon us but fear not there are no plans to tax us down here any more than at present.
   However, those up there wot run outfits wot manufacture stuff or provide chargeable services for us down here may suffer substantially. I’m guessing those folk will give it all of one point five seconds thought as to weather take the hit from profits or pop up costs to us down here to cover all increased costs. Can’t anyone in grubbyment think these things through? Hell, it’s just happened with manufactures an’ such passing on the last insurance rise and rise in the mini wage has it not?
   I come back to my previously posted idea that all those in grubbyment and all civil serpents should only be paid the national minimum wage thus only those truly wanting change for the better for their country would attempt to get elected and, when up there, would fully understand the effects any ideas they have would have on themselves and thus us down here.

Quote; Seasick Steve.

“I started out with nothing and I’ve still got most of it left."

And Then, A Dream…

   Last night I had one of the most lifelike dreams I can remember. And it was about? My one lottery lucky dip had won! This dream resulted in the rest of the night spent with my head in bits trying to figure out how I’d share the winnings between all family members avoiding possibly huge tax demands.
   I considered contacting Ange but decided on a somewhat more professional account and and tax advisor to be on the safe side.
   On going downstairs come morning, I checked my ticket and dreams do indeed come true as I discovered I’d got a winner! However it quickly became obvious I wouldn’t need financial advice as, upon doing the maths, all family members divided into three pounds ten pence doesn’t amount to a whole hell of a lot. Dream on eh?

Quote; H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

And Then, Into The Laundry…

   I see those doctors are threatening to strike again for ever more money. Just a thought, just pay em as a goodly chunk will go back to the grubbyment via tax and, yes, even more after the autumn budget. Just another example of legal money laundering.
   Anyhoo, watching those young doctors waving those placards about on the televisual receiving device the wording grabbed my small brain; Wot do those signs say? “£15 an hour is not a fair wage”. 
   This thought sent ma heed back some way to when I joined my first ship just before my sixteenth birthday, as an apprentice, going away on my first trip which ended up being away for a year, working all hours in all weathers for exactly the same wage as a young doctor is saying isn’t enough. Yep, £15. How spooky is that then? The subtle difference being their £15 is per hour whereas my £15 was per month...

Quote; Henry Ford.

  “It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.”

And Then, Word Of The Month…

   Yup, happy to report I’m still here although the need to glue myself to the tap-top continues to wane somewhat.
   Well, so, word of the month? Tariffs of course and according to the MSM it’s the end of times. One has to guess who’s going to end up covering the added costs put on manufacturers, exporters an’ such, eh? Wot? It’ll be us down here? I’m utterly un-shocked.

Quote; Alan Keyes.

“The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.”

And Then In And Out…

•   Nothing to tap out here as the country collapses as we watch other than, prompted by a comment by Andy 5759 regards modern communication. Thought I to myself, when was the last time I sent or received a hand written letter eh?
     Anyhoo, the other day I received a letter from our wondrous grubbimnt excitedly letting me know how much my state pension will shoot up. This was followed a couple of days later by yet another grubbiment mail excitedly letting me know that they’ll be taking most of it back in tax. Money laundering by any other name eh?
     Queue this old number you think?

Quote; Mark Twain.

“The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten.”

And Then Yet Another Old One…

   As it’s a taxing time again, it’s a fine excuse to put out another old one. This time for the attention of Steer Calmer and Rachel Thieves.
   Whilst visiting another dimension earlier today, I thought of a cunning plan. A cunning and childish plan. So childish be the cunning plan that it may well baffle the boys and girls of the Lower Sixth.
   What do the boys and girls continually tell us all down her? That school children have no wish to learn. Our workers have no wish to advance. Our benefits system is too generous. Nobody wants to 'put out' to 'get on'.
So lets simplify things by having just two tax rates, say 15% and 30%. The object of the game would then be to get a job and really put out and fight for promotion so's to break through the high tax bracket.
   'What?' I hear you say, 'Who wants to work hard just to pay more tax?' And therein lies the rub of this cunning plan. A total reverse of the system, see? Because it'll be the low paid wot pay 30% tax! Study, work hard and fight for advancement to get that rise and get to keep more of your money as your income increases and you break into the 15% tax bracket.
   There you have it; now that's what I call rewarding effort with an incentive to achieve and keep on achieving so you don't risk getting bumped back to the 30% zone.
   Kids studying like fury to get all the knowledge and good sustificates, I say again, good sustificates, they can to give themselves the best chance out there in wonderland and minimise their time paying 30% Tax.      
   Workers giving it their all to win promotion or working all the overtime there is to get into the 15% tax bracket thus getting to keep more of their money to spend on stuff. Stuff that needs to be built, creating more openings and overtime for other people building stuff, creating more people in the 15% bracket giving them more money to spend on stuff, creating more demand, creating more openings and overtime for stuff builders.
   Win – win – win out here in the world while our educational standards reach dizzying heights of excellence.
   Told you it was a tad childish. But...

Quote; Milton Berle.

 “I just filled out my income tax forms. Who says you can’t get killed by a blank?”

And Then It’s Tax Time Again…

   Well, so, I’ve been absent from this place for a while as my poor old head is mostly in neutral day by day. However, it’s January and that is one of two exciting months marked on my calendar the other being July. Why? Because it’s tax paying time and I’m experiencing mounting excitement as the cut-off day for payment edges ever closer.
   There’s added joy this year as I note that a goodly chunk of wot we are all having taken off us will go to Ed Minibrain and Nut Zero - or at least towards nest lining of those involved with Nut Zero. Gives me such a lovely warm sensation of money well stolen...
   With regards Nut Zero I contemplated the paying of our taxes in the not too distant future. Pay on line? Nope as the Wibbly Wobbly Web is now over as the servers etc. were using too much of that quickly disappearing lekky thus smartphones also weren’t as smart as before. Okay, go to the bank. Oh, it’s now a Turkish barbers and nail bar. Right, post via recorded delivery. Damn! All the post offices have shut. Never going to happen? We’ll see shall we not?

Quote; Herman Wouk.

“Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.”

And Then Just A Thought…

   Well, so, all those thoughts thunk by most of us down here have come to pass. Yup, no tax rises for us but hefty NI rises for those wot employ folk and a rise in the minimum wage and guess wot, it’s going to be passed down to us by those big and small outfits wot provide goods and/or services.
   Wot did those up there say a phew weeks ago? There’ll be no rise in council tax... and a phew days ago? ...but if local councils feel the need to rise their council tax, so be it.
   Thus a tad via the front door and a bucket load out the back door. So I/we can put our conspiracy kit back in the locker.
   Oh, wait a minute, another thought. Tin foil suit back on.
   The state pension goes up in April next year, right? Standby at the back door as ever more folk are tripped over the pay tax threshold. Oh, y’all are still at the back door handing back...
   But wot popped into my old head, me being one, was how many very elderly with diminishing mental capabilities will now have to pay tax? How many will not even give it a thought? And of those wot do realise will have forgotten and lost the ability regards how to complete a self assessment tax return? How many elderly with diminishing mental facilities will be hit with fines for none completion of a tax self assessment and/or none payment of tax owed?

   I’m guessing this will already be a tick in the money in column for those up there.

Quote; Mad magazine, Alfred E. Neuman.

“Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income-tax form than it does to make the income.”

And Then An Old Tax Plan…

   May I humbly post this again prior to that big budget day in the forlorn hope those wot would rule over us see it and give it a moments thought. Yeah, right.
   While visiting another dimension earlier today, I thought of a cunning plan. A cunning and childish plan. So childish be the cunning plan that it may well baffle the boys and girls of the Lower Sixth.
    What do those above us continually tell us lot down her? The fact that school children have no wish to learn. Our workers have no wish to advance. Our benefits system is so generous nobody wants to 'put out' to 'get on'.
So lets simplify things by having just two tax rates, say 15% and 30%. The object of the game would then be to get a job and really put out and fight for promotion so's to break through the high tax bracket.
   'Wot?' I hear you say, 'Who wants to work hard just to pay more tax?' Answer? Nobody, and therein lies the rub of this cunning plan. A total reverse of the system, see? Because it'll be the low paid wot pay 30% tax!! Study, work hard and fight for advancement to get that rise and get to keep more of your money as your income increases and you break into the 15% tax bracket.
   There you have it; now that's what I call rewarding effort with an incentive to achieve and keep on achieving so you don't risk getting bumped back to the 30% zone.
Kids studying like fury to get all the knowledge and good sustificates, I say again, good sustificates, they can to give themselves the best chance out there in wonderland and minimise their time paying 30% Tax.
   Workers giving it their all to win promotion or working all the overtime there is to break into the 15% tax bracket thus getting to keep more of their money to spend on stuff. Stuff that needs to be built or made, creating more openings and overtime for other people building and making stuff, creating more people in the 15% bracket giving them more money to spend on stuff, creating ever more demand, creating ever more openings and overtime for stuff builders and makers. Win, win, win out here in the world while our educational standards reach dizzying heights of excellence. And the dizzying amount ‘spent’ on unemployment benefits reduces to mere buttons.
    Told you it was a tad childish. Hay, let’s call it the Laughable Curve...

Quote; Chris Rock.

“You don’t pay taxes; they take taxes.”

And Then That Is It…

   Wot’s it then? Well, so, that would be the little money given{?} to us old folk to help a tad with keeping warm through the winter. However, as it’s repeatedly mentioned, the state pension will be going up in April so no problem eh?
   At the risk of repeating myself, April comes after winter and another point not mentioned by the MSM is the simple fact that many more old folk will be tipped into the joy of paying tax.
   Treat this as every cloud has a silver lining thusly; Many - I know not how many - of those wot would rule over us have second homes in London do they not, and are fortunate enough to have their gas and lekky bills, along with many other expenses they all claim, paid for by tax payers thus the system is basically reversed with ever more of the elderly contributing to help those wot would rule over us keep warm. You couldn’t make it up.
   There could be a cunning plan here though as we’re repeatedly told that those with the broadest shoulders will be expected to fill the money pit. Wouldn’t it be a gas if their definition of ‘broad’ was shifted a tad to include those that had just received big pay rises eh? Is this the plan? Announce this on a chilly day and the elderly will be able to laugh themselves warm.
   However, if it’s so critical to plug this financial pit as quickly as possible, here’s an idea. I believe we have a big barge - Bibby? - wot will shortly no longer be used for gimmigrants. Tow the thing to the Thames, tie it up by the big house and use it for those that would rule over us so’s they can get out of those tax money eating second homes. That’d work and show us down here how those up there will do their bit to fill the pit. Never happen you say? Yeah, I know...
   Finally, regards the emptying of the prisons, to make room for those wot use naughty words, I ran into this clip via Going Postal. It’s an Xticky thingy so just a link. Trust me, it’s worth having a clicky. Very clever. Bu-by.

Quote; IRS Auditor.

“The trick is to stop thinking of it as ‘your’ money.”

And Then A Bit O’ Maths…

   Thus the furore regards the cancellation of the pensioners winter fuel allowance rumbles on.
   The bit I caught via the televisual receiving device this morning was when that robber in chief, answering a question regards this, replied that the cancellation was justified and anyway the state pension will{?} be going up, due to that triple lock thingy, by nine percent in April next year.
   A couple of things the opposition{?} questioner failed to mention was, firstly, April comes after winter and secondly if the lady in charge of the countries money has in her possession a recently invented bit o’ kit called a calculator.
   Wot for? Well, hasn’t it just been announced that the price fix for gas and lekky will rise by ten percent in October? Now I’m dumber un a rock but I do believe I can see the result of this but it would seem there’s nobody up there that can do the maths and figure out the net result between nine percent in verses ten percent more out. Nor any of our seekers of truth in the MSM apparently.
   Oh, and as mentioned before, how many more pensioners will that nine percent tip over that exciting threshold and into having yet more taken via income tax?
Anyhoo, let’s give all that no never mind and have a new ear political number as our new glorious leader drives us, ever faster, to the brink of who knows wot...

Quote; John Barrymore.

“Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?”

And Then It’s Gone…

   Still in the land of the living. Or should that be the land of the livid wot with all wot’s going on?
   I see they’ve started with the easy target and scrapped us oldies winter fuel help. Thinking about that I bet those wot don’t really need it and go out and buy something, that item will generate various taxes from manufacture, through delivery to wholesalers to shop and finally customer.
   Meanwhile those that use it for gas and lekky will be contributing tax from discovery to delivery plus green levies an’ such. Taxes? Please don’t forget VAT. So, one wonders how much of that three hundred dab handout ends up in the left hand of the folk wot handed it out with the right hand eh?
   Anyhoo, with all wot’s going on and seeing as it’s hot today, standby for being told it’s the hottest day since - pick a date nobody was here for - y'all remember this old number? Beds are burning? Possibly, but I’m betting it’ll have nothing to do with that climate thingy...
   Shed two tears for us down here Keir...

Quote; Mike Bechtle.

“People can’t drive you crazy if you don’t give them the keys.”

And Then It’s Obvious…

   Further to last nights post regards net zero verses growth, later in the evening it became obvious to me where the growth will come from as we{?} scamper towards net zero.
   So we’re saving the planet thus lekky will become intermittent and rationed so the demand for candles will obviously boom resulting in a boom in candle manufactures. Don’t forget we’ll be confined to our fifteen minute cities and towns thus requiring candles to be made and have retail outlets of huge numbers, right?
   And that’s where you’ll work. Walk to work, come Friday get your wage credited to your government debit card*, go buy your stock of candles and possibly grab a bag of buns - sorry, bugs to chew as you walk home looking forward to an evening watching T... oh right, okay, watching your candles flickering where the TV and your Tap-top used to be.
   Try to buy a big bundle of candles as you’re contemplating catching the neighbours cat and candle cooking it and your purchase will be declined. Why? Well, we’ll be *cashless by then and your government debit card will detect you’re trying to get more candles than your weekly allowance. Re-education possibly beckons... And no more bags of bugs this weekend, okay?
   Not long after this we can expect a boom in the construction market as more and more mud huts need gluing together as more and more folk rush to just abandon their credit consuming three bed burden for more affordable accommodation. The first to the new market will, of course, have already grabbed the local cosy caves.
   Strangely, the climate is still subject to fluctuations. Could it really, really all be down to the natural warming and cooling cycles of that big yellow, burning bright thingy wot’s close to us? Of course not; so says the ‘science’...

Quote; Groucho Marx.

“I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.”

And Then A Question…

   ...that’s never asked and I’m sure y’all will know this already.
   And that would be? Well, so, all the political interviews conducted by our TV superstars with one of Starmageddon’s gang invariably have the question regards tax. This question is always answered by stating there are no ‘plans’ to raise taxes and wot they are going to focus on is growth and that’ll give ‘em all the kelly they need for services. Please remember these same political heavyweights are also dedicated, brainwashed advocates of that climate net zero thingy.
   So doesn’t that beg the question as to where the growth will come from when net zero requires/results in the shutting down of most of our remaining large, medium, small, major, minor, manufacturing businesses and others, so have left or will be driven out of the country? Windmill and solar panel  manufacturing?  Do we do that? If so It’ll all be finished once there’s no place left to stick ‘em, right? Assuming they can get the lekky to make ‘em in the first place of course. Let’s not type about transport...
   Anyhoo, simple question I’d like to hear asked is how do you equate growth with net zero especially on sunless, windless daze? No, I haven’t heard nuclear mentioned at all.
    
Quote;  Oscar Wilde.
“Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.”

And Then A Vote…

   I’m still here but I’ve been like, totally consumed by the local elections. Yeah, right. Anyhoo, I had an excitingly complex choice to make; frying pan or fire. After giving it serious thought, weighing-up all the pros and cons - and that took all of ten seconds, I voted for the fire, my reasoning being to get all the intended misery thrown at me/us in a one-off really big bucket rather than the other side delivering misery in drips leaving me/us miserably thinking between drips wot could possibly be the next misery to be dripped down.
   Giving all that no never mind, we were in a branch of that big chemists and pharmacy chain yesterday and I showed no surprise to see they have donned and laced-up their cashless boots; pun intended.
   Yup, gone were the manned - sorry, staffed check outs to be replaced with three cash or card and six card only machines. A little bit later I done did thunk about this thus; wot are the majority of cards wot are in daily use? My guess is credit as opposed to Direct Debit.
   With this in mind and the chance that, owing to the cost of living cry-sis many folk are just paying off the minimum required monthly from their card debts and thus slowly{?} accumulating the shockingly high interest rates I believe these credit cards can accumulate so it’s little wonder banks are all in favour of us down here going cashless is it? Just another ‘tax’ on everything folk buy. Cracking, no effort, little earner eh? Of course it’s not often I’m right so I’m possibly wrong again...

Quote; Vineet Raj Kapoor

"Of course you pay the price for your past. That's what credit cards are about."

And Then Wot Next…

   Further to my excitement the other day regards my tax payment and wishing to hang on to a little excitement during these dreary days, wot I wait breathlessly for now is that March budget thingy when it’s rumoured Jerry will sneakily hunt for ways to win a phew votes by letting us look like we're getting to keep a tad more of our money.
   Trust me, wot ever he lets out through that wobbly little, poorly maintained blue door way over there on the right will be taken back - and some - through that large stout always open bright red door on the left.
   A quick glance at the big red door and a hefty rise in council tax springs to mind with a starter of 5 or 10 percent - if we’re lucky. So that'll probably be Jerries wondrous give-away gone plus big time right there. I didn’t even have to think about that one and at my age, not having to think about something is a blessing...
   Wot the hay, let’s dance;

Quote; James Alan Gardner.

“The council is a place where everyone schemes against everyone else, and people talk incessantly about power with a capital ‘Pow’.”

And Then I Pay…

   An excitingly satisfying day today that required a trip to the bank. A the counter I was greeted with a cheery, “Good morning; how can I help?”
“Good morning,” said I, “I’d like... let me rephrase that; I’ve got to pay this tax demand.”
   This went ahead to completion and I left the bank with a wondrously warm feeling of wellbeing with the thought that I’m doing my bit towards keeping one or two gimmigrants in four star three hots and a cot, pocket money and a smartphone. Oh, and not forgetting a phew bob into the pocket of that fine Ukranky fellow as he works{?} towards a luxurious retirement and we, reportedly, edge ever closer to a bit o’ bother with Vlad the lad... Happy daze, eh?

 Quote; Pierre Poilievre.

“Any politician promising not to raise your taxes is like a vampire promising to become a vegetarian.”

And Then It’s Not Mentioned…

   The goings on with the Post Office won’t have missed your notice and I see those wrongly accused of theft may soon be getting pardons and compensation. It seems this monumental cluster was the result of errors in the computer software used to manage financial processes within the Post Office.
   Wot’s not mentioned in the wall-to-wall MSM coverage is the fact that those wot would rule over us desperately want to do away with cash and get us all on digital currency. A system that’ll rely like, totally on computers and software similar, one assumes, to that wot put so many Post Office managers in prison. Wot could possibly go wrong?
   Or is this just another step to control? Will the error found in the Post Office software be refined and built deep into the digital currency software? Wot next? Fellows roll up to your home in a tow truck and paperwork showing over spend and thus reclaim your car? Then, easing along, more over spend shown and your home confiscated. Okay, you can stay in it but now a state rent will be taken, monthly, from your digital allowance. Will/could never happen eh? Ask a recently released, innocent of any wrongdoing, Post Office worker...
   On a lighter note, I see Justified is showing again. It’s many a year since I first watched it but I’ll give it a watch and see if it’s still as watchable as I remember or have the years and age changed my view. First place I heard Gangstergrass;

And that took me to a really good pick me up number for when the real world has given me a bit of a blue do;

Quote; De philosopher DJ Kyos.

“Politicians are busy changing positions of people who are stealing or people who are corrupt, but are not changing the behaviour of stealing or behaviour of corruption. It seems like stealing from the poor people to enrich themselves or to be corrupt is their core mandate.”

And Then, So It Be….

   It’s been a bad and sad end of year as I learned earlier this week that a dear friend since school days has passed away and I was also informed of the amount of tax the government want off me next year.
    Thus it’s come to pass as predicted. Remember that increase in the state pension us old folk were given a little bit after a while ago? Most welcome but guess wot, as we all know it was just part of the governments money laundering process as, having completed that tax return thingy, I see that it’s going to take several months state pension payments to pay the tax demanded to be paid in January and July next year. But we knew that would be the end result of being awarded wot’s known as a rise didn’t we.
    Another pension rise earlier this year and another for next year so yet more money to appear monthly in our banks for the laundry process before the return of the bulk of it to the government under the guise of higher tax take. Again. So, in and out but without getting the chance to shake it all about.
    Thus I can confirm wot we all know that the only{?} way to put money in folks pockets is to stop taking it off us, via the laundry, in the first place.
    Oh, and the BBC TV license is going up next year in line with the continued decline of anything to actually watch...
   Giving all that no never mind, Is it a tad early for this number? I doubt this will get a showing at the Covid Enquiry eh?

Quote; Doug Larson.

“People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30 year mortgage.”

And Then It’s Over….

   Much ‘expert’ welleruming on the ‘news’ rounds yesterday and today after all those announcements regards money an’ similar. Who’s money would that be then? Oh, right, ours.
   Seems to me, a financial dummy, it’s been another one of they Peter verses Paul moments.
Nice rise in the state pension, right? But how many old folk will be tipped over the edge and now join the many old folk already having to pay income tax? A tad higher state pension equals more income tax equals no proper win, right?
    Also good news for those working with a little reduction in workers national insurance contributions. So, again, a tad more available for the income tax man to take? National insurance contributions are also where the kelly comes from for future state pensions, right? I’m guessing this little reduction is the first tentative step in scrapping the state pension all together as unaffordable in a phew years time.
    Well, so, all together now, thanks for absolutely nothing from the folk down here you were elected to take care of.

Quote; Jean-Baptiste Colbert.

“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing.”