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ZIGnZAG Flag Stoke 03 May 15 9.31am

Quote TUX at 02 May 2015 9.50pm

Many references regarding Granddad (thanks, he sends his best wishes) but none regarding the percentage of our buck now taken.
There lies the problem.


Let me get this straight.... Your grandad is called buck and somebody is trying to take him away, a bit at a time...??

 
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doi209 Flag Fighting for the weak and innocent... 03 May 15 9.42am Send a Private Message to doi209 Add doi209 as a friend

Quote ZIGnZAG at 03 May 2015 9.31am

Quote TUX at 02 May 2015 9.50pm

Many references regarding Granddad (thanks, he sends his best wishes) but none regarding the percentage of our buck now taken.
There lies the problem.


Let me get this straight.... Your grandad is called buck and somebody is trying to take him away, a bit at a time...??

It's because he can't tell the truth ( their lies - the problem ) .


Edited by doi209 (03 May 2015 9.44am)

 
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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 03 May 15 10.27am

Quote TUX at 30 Apr 2015 8.25pm

Why is MORE of every pound that i earn v what my granddad earned taken in tax?
He had a home that he could afford, schools, hospitals, roads etc etc. He had everything we have today but paid far less.
How so?

More public services, requiring a greater cost.


 

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legaleagle Flag 03 May 15 10.34am

Depends how how old granddad is.

Tax revenues (incl NI) as a percentage of GDP haven't changed over the past 50 years:

1964/65:36.3%
1974/75:35.7%
1984/5:37.6%
1994/5:33.4%
2004/5:35.1%
2014/15 (est):35.8%

 
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derben Flag 03 May 15 10.38am

Quote jamiemartin721 at 03 May 2015 10.27am

Quote TUX at 30 Apr 2015 8.25pm

Why is MORE of every pound that i earn v what my granddad earned taken in tax?
He had a home that he could afford, schools, hospitals, roads etc etc. He had everything we have today but paid far less.
How so?

More public services, requiring a greater cost.


More regional, local and European government requiring multi-million pound buildings etc, more regulators to impose more and more stringent rules on all and sundry, more quangos to police various perceived thought crimes.

 
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Hoof Hearted 03 May 15 11.32am

Quote Superfly at 01 May 2015 8.17am

Quote TUX at 30 Apr 2015 8.25pm

Why is MORE of every pound that i earn v what my granddad earned taken in tax?
He had a home that he could afford, schools, hospitals, roads etc etc. He had everything we have today but paid far less.
How so?


Is your grandad Lester Piggott?


Hahaha... funniest post for ages !

 
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Y Ddraig Goch Flag In The Crowd 03 May 15 11.47am Send a Private Message to Y Ddraig Goch Add Y Ddraig Goch as a friend

Lack of empire to rip off
More procedures illnesses covered on the NHS
Benefits for things that you'd never have got before


However I'm sure that I've read that we now overall have more disposable income that never before and it's been like that for about 20 years?

 

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