Taxes
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Don't forget all the "little" line item taxes on your utility bills. "Reality is what refuses to go away when I stop believing in it." Philip K. Dick
Mike Mullikin wrote: the "little" line item taxes on your utility bills :confused: Mine says Electricity Xp per unit. Gas Xp per Unit (Mobile) Phone £X per month line rental + Xp per minute ADSL £X per month What are the little line items?
Vogon Building and Loan advise that your planet is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on any mortgage secured upon it. Please remember that the force of gravity can go up as well as down.
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You're lucky. Every dollar I make as of now, I pay 10% to the government in GST. Then I pay 47 cents on what's left. Then whatever I buy with the bit that's left, 10% goes to the government as GST. That's unless I buy petrol, then about 45% goes to the government. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
Christian Graus wrote: That's unless I buy petrol, then about 45% goes to the government You lucky bar steward! In the UK the tax element of petrol accounts for around 80% of the total payment. Or, to put it another way, a tax rate or 300% to 400% - For every £1 of petrol you pay an addition £3 to £4 in tax.
Vogon Building and Loan advise that your planet is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on any mortgage secured upon it. Please remember that the force of gravity can go up as well as down.
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Christian Graus wrote: That's unless I buy petrol, then about 45% goes to the government You lucky bar steward! In the UK the tax element of petrol accounts for around 80% of the total payment. Or, to put it another way, a tax rate or 300% to 400% - For every £1 of petrol you pay an addition £3 to £4 in tax.
Vogon Building and Loan advise that your planet is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on any mortgage secured upon it. Please remember that the force of gravity can go up as well as down.
Scary. But isn't the UK, like, this tiny little island where no-one needs much petrol anyhow ? I heard it was quicker to walk..... :P Seriously though, how bad is the income tax ? The fact that I pay over 50% in tax before I start is the killer IMO. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
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Carl Mercier wrote: God I hate this country sometimes And just think that we have many well informed people in the US who want a health care system along the same lines as the Canadian system. While I fully agree that the Gov. needs to do something ( what I have no idea ) about the ever increasing cost of medical care I don't believe that the Gov. should be involved directly in the health care business. Perhaps subsidies to purchase individual insurance and making it against the law to refuse coverage to anyone ? Richard "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer --Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Richard Stringer wrote: Perhaps subsidies to purchase individual insurance Terrible idea. They do that here, and every health professional I speak to agrees with me that the massive hikes in the price of health insurance are a direct result of the insurers knowing that the government is paying for most of it. We pay more now after rebates than we did then before they existed. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
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So what? Taxes are an essential component of running a civil society. Bear in mind that much of that comes directly back to you in some form or another, others indirectly (Social Security immediately comes to mind),. And I guess you don't mind using the Internet, which was developed with tax dollars. In otehr words: don't like it? Go find an island to live on. Preferably one with no public water system.
I believe Pitcairn is about to have some room, and a need for more able bodied male inhabitants. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
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Mike Mullikin wrote: the "little" line item taxes on your utility bills :confused: Mine says Electricity Xp per unit. Gas Xp per Unit (Mobile) Phone £X per month line rental + Xp per minute ADSL £X per month What are the little line items?
Vogon Building and Loan advise that your planet is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on any mortgage secured upon it. Please remember that the force of gravity can go up as well as down.
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: What are the little line items? Cable TV and Broadband: Monthly charge + $1.82 taxes and fees Natural Gas: Units Used x cost per unit + $18.35 Delivery charge* + $1.34 Enviromental Recovery Cost + $4.53 State Tax + $0.12 Utility Fund Tax * My natural gas is piped directly into my house, there is no real "delivery". :mad: Electricity: Total kWh Used x cost per unit + $1.12 Decommissioning adjustment + $3.56 Instrument Funding Charge + $0.71 Franchise Cost + $4.25 State Tax Telephone: Monthly charge w/ options + $9.10 Line Charge + $4.49 Federal Access Charge Cellular Telephone: Monthly charge + $0.39 Federal Tax + $0.91 Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax See what I mean? :omg: "Reality is what refuses to go away when I stop believing in it." Philip K. Dick
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Richard Stringer wrote: Perhaps subsidies to purchase individual insurance Terrible idea. They do that here, and every health professional I speak to agrees with me that the massive hikes in the price of health insurance are a direct result of the insurers knowing that the government is paying for most of it. We pay more now after rebates than we did then before they existed. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
I totally agree. Thats why I said perhaps. I, like most others , have no idea what to do about the situation and since I am not running for office I can admit it. Our leaders , both Democrat and Republican , put greater importance on being reelected than they do facing real issues like this head on and offening some major portion of the electorate. I do believe that most areas of the "health care industry" are partially to blame. Hospitals are not in competition with each other as far as prices are concerned. Doctors are becoming more and more like attornies in that there is no correlation between the service they perform and the price they charge. Increasing the use of the newest technology reduces the price in almost every business except health care. There is a long list of things that can be fixed but there is no political will to do so - by either party. Perhaps the ballot should be required by law to have a NONE OF THE ABOVE selection and if that carries the vote both parties have to put up two more candidates and we do it again. HA! Richard "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer --Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Here it's probably between 45 to 50%, but as long as taxes are decided by the elected representants of the People and that I am globally satisfied with the services I have in exchange (Health care, infrastructures, social nets, security, defence...), I don't really complain. Of course, I don't like some of the waste which are made, but I consider adjustments are needed, not a revolution. As long as I have a roof over my head and something to eat twice a day, does money that really matter? After all, "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" :)
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K(arl) wrote: After all, "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" I'll bet even money that that was composed by a poor person. Money may not buy happiness but it will get a long term lease. I like money. I want to be rich. I don't envy those who are rich - they give me a goal to strive for. Any dumbass can be poor - it takes a modicum of genius to be rich. Richard "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer --Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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K(arl) wrote: After all, "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" I'll bet even money that that was composed by a poor person. Money may not buy happiness but it will get a long term lease. I like money. I want to be rich. I don't envy those who are rich - they give me a goal to strive for. Any dumbass can be poor - it takes a modicum of genius to be rich. Richard "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer --Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Richard Stringer wrote: I'll bet even money that that was composed by a poor person Mark 10:25[^] and Matthew 19:24[^]
Fold With Us! "A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances - Georges S. Patton, 1885–1945"
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> If your whole paycheck goes into gas, you don't have too much left. That sounds about right.