Well, that's the stupidest thing I've read today. So you think anyone who loses their job should have to give up their license and sell their car, thus making it harder to get to interviews, and limiting the jobs they can apply for? I've been asked how I will get to work at interviews before - if an employer thinks you will struggle to get to work, you won't get the job.
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You don't think there's a distinction between taking other's money and stopping other's taking your own? Bizarre.roubaixtuesday wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 9:01pmI don't agree with the distinctions at all. I do agree with the implication that sanctions should be asked via the justice system.pete75 wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 6:40pmMost fraudsters, con men, teaming an dlading merchants, OAP rip off builders etc are dealt with through the criminal justice system.
If you're referiing to income tax fraudsters, they're totally diffeent to benefit fraudsters. Benefit fraud involves you taking others peoples money, income tax fraud involves stopping the state taking away your own money.
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There is a distinction between stealing someone else's money and preventing someone else stealing yours.pete75 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 5:09amYou don't think there's a distinction between taking other's money and stopping other's taking your own? Bizarre.
That is irrelevant here. Failing to pay due tax is not preventing someone else stealing your money, it is you stealing money from the state. Benefit fraudsters do exactly the same.
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Tax isn't "other people taking your money" it's the price we pay to live in society.pete75 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 5:09amYou don't think there's a distinction between taking other's money and stopping other's taking your own? Bizarre.roubaixtuesday wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 9:01pmI don't agree with the distinctions at all. I do agree with the implication that sanctions should be asked via the justice system.pete75 wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 6:40pm
Most fraudsters, con men, teaming an dlading merchants, OAP rip off builders etc are dealt with through the criminal justice system.
If you're referiing to income tax fraudsters, they're totally diffeent to benefit fraudsters. Benefit fraud involves you taking others peoples money, income tax fraud involves stopping the state taking away your own money.
If you aren't paying your fair share, which should increase as your ability to pay increases, then you are stealing the benefits of society - because you aren't paying for them.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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Depends how much tax you do pay. If you're paying more than the benefits you receive from society actually cost them you ain't stealing anything. Presumably using your logic folk receiving more than they're paying for are stealing the benefits of society.[XAP]Bob wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 9:05amTax isn't "other people taking your money" it's the price we pay to live in society.pete75 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 5:09amYou don't think there's a distinction between taking other's money and stopping other's taking your own? Bizarre.roubaixtuesday wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 9:01pm
I don't agree with the distinctions at all. I do agree with the implication that sanctions should be asked via the justice system.
If you aren't paying your fair share, which should increase as your ability to pay increases, then you are stealing the benefits of society - because you aren't paying for them.
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By this logic, tax evasion by the rich should not be a crime.pete75 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 9:34amDepends how much tax you do pay. If you're paying more than the benefits you receive from society actually cost them you ain't stealing anything. Presumably using your logic folk receiving more than they're paying for are stealing the benefits of society.
However, it is a crime.
As is benefits fraud.
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Hmm....the true motoristthe snail wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 10:37pmWell, that's the stupidest thing I've read today. So you think anyone who loses their job should have to give up their license and sell their car, thus making it harder to get to interviews, and limiting the jobs they can apply for? I've been asked how I will get to work at interviews before - if an employer thinks you will struggle to get to work, you won't get the job.
Suppose people who base their lives around driving, can't comprehend basing their life around life itself, rather than driving
Bit like the modern day smart phone user, screams of distress "i can't get online, can't get online, what will I do........."
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No, because if you only receive the benefit from society that you pay for then you aren't engaging in society - you want a capitalist anarchy.pete75 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 9:34amDepends how much tax you do pay. If you're paying more than the benefits you receive from society actually cost them you ain't stealing anything. Presumably using your logic folk receiving more than they're paying for are stealing the benefits of society.
A high earner will pay way more into the system than they take out, and that is beneficial to society - that's how it get's funded. There are those who can pay nothing into the system, and they obviously take more out than they pay in, and that is also beneficial to society. It is of benefit to the wealthy that people less fortunate are helped.
Paying your fair share doesn't mean paying for what you take out, but paying according to your means.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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The true evil dictator: "everyone must be able bodied and working 100+ hours a week", else you're not "productive" and can't be part of society.gbnz wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 10:10amHmm....the true motoristthe snail wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 10:37pmWell, that's the stupidest thing I've read today. So you think anyone who loses their job should have to give up their license and sell their car, thus making it harder to get to interviews, and limiting the jobs they can apply for? I've been asked how I will get to work at interviews before - if an employer thinks you will struggle to get to work, you won't get the job.
Suppose people who base their lives around driving, can't comprehend basing their life around life itself, rather than driving
Bit like the modern day smart phone user, screams of distress "i can't get online, can't get online, what will I do........."
You're digging deeper, and continuing to ignore the facts which have been presented to you.
Have you tried claiming universal credit without internet access?
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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Oh yes, had to submit claim in 2020 so called into the local DWP office (Nb. Was using a PAYGO internet access)[XAP]Bob wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 10:12amThe true evil dictator: "everyone must be able bodied and working 100+ hours a week", else you're not "productive" and can't be part of society.gbnz wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 10:10amHmm....the true motoristthe snail wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 10:37pm
Well, that's the stupidest thing I've read today. So you think anyone who loses their job should have to give up their license and sell their car, thus making it harder to get to interviews, and limiting the jobs they can apply for? I've been asked how I will get to work at interviews before - if an employer thinks you will struggle to get to work, you won't get the job.
Suppose people who base their lives around driving, can't comprehend basing their life around life itself, rather than driving
Bit like the modern day smart phone user, screams of distress "i can't get online, can't get online, what will I do........."
You're digging deeper, and continuing to ignore the facts which have been presented to you.
Have you tried claiming universal credit without internet access?
Do pensioners have to sign on? I had to "sign on" in 2020, will be horrible if I have to every few weeks as a pensioner. Cause I would walk or cycle it, not being a motorist
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^
"Do pensioners have to sign on?"
I assume you know "no". Eligibility triggered by age and past work record. Thus cannot change.
I well recall signing at Leeds Labour Exchange every a.m. at 09.00 - NFA a pain!
"Do pensioners have to sign on?"
I assume you know "no". Eligibility triggered by age and past work record. Thus cannot change.
I well recall signing at Leeds Labour Exchange every a.m. at 09.00 - NFA a pain!
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The above is not true where I live.[XAP]Bob wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 12:01pmDepends what car you're trying to pay for, and whether you already own it.
If you're just buying third party insurance, and VED, on a monthly basis - then there is the annual hit of an MOT (and the fear of any repair costs), but it's just fuel.
And that combination is often cheaper than public transport (which should be to the utter shame of government).
Insurance £20/month (third party on a 10 year old Ford Mondeo in an ex-council estate postcode near me), VED £19/month (band F, paid monthly), MOT £54.85/year so a bit under £5/month, servicing £250 with frequency depending on use so put £20/month by to try to cover this plus repairs which are probably a few hundred each hit, at random but more frequent as the vehicle ages.
So about £65/month plus fuel. And then there's any parking fees, depreciation, and much more.
An all-lines Lynx Bus adult pass is £83/month which would probably be cheaper, but in practice you'd probably buy a season ticket for your most-used line and occasionally area day passes as needed, which would be cheaper.
The problem with public transport is usually coverage and journey time, not cost. Too many lines start late, finish early and don't serve key destinations well. The bus operators know they're pricing against cars and are pretty sharp at competing on cost. A simple return to town is £1 more than the cheapest central parking, that will get blown away if you get sat in a jam burning fuel, and many would pay £1 for an extra 20 minutes each way not working on driving.
In a place with better transport such as Cambridge, passes cost more, but you'd also pay more for insurance, mechanics, fuel and parking. I expect London and Manchester and some others have big cost benefits to public transport if it serves your usual journeys.
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This seems a very strange post ... in the context of a country run by Patel, Sunak and Braverman.cycle tramp wrote: ↑16 Jan 2025, 5:20pm People are concerned about the rise of the right... personally I seem it as a last gasp by angry white blokes, seeking to hold onto power before it is washed away from them by a tide of multicultural multifaith and otherwise diverse communities. Good. It is time, that our time is over before we utterly £*** everything up. Let's hit the 'evolve society' button move on with our lives and into something alot more equitable, colourful and exciting.
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+ 1. Had to get to hospital back in September, couldn't risk the bicycle, so had a 25 mile walk to make the Sunday appointment. And it's always a nuisance, if on the bus stopping 11-12 miles away (Nb. Most stop just a 8 mile round walk away, so they're fairly convenient)
It's just a pity on renewing a bus pass in December, that a valid passport with 7 months left on, wasn't acceptable as ID, so had to replace the passport early, but , passport photographs taken professionally just 6 weeks back and declared acceptable and put on the new passport, aren't acceptable for a bus pass renewal, 2024 letter stating I'm on the electoral roll etc, etc, etc, isn't accepted as evidence of ID and or address, to renew a disabled bus pass,
Been without the pass since December, am hoping that I may have one before end of February / March, as can't always risk the bicycle (Nb. 44 mile round ride to the gym, far better than a bus ride c/w a disabled pass; bicycles far quicker, more reliable, one isn't left with a minimal 4 mile walk, 12 miles if the bus stops early (Nb. A1 dual carriageway will be far too windy today, a good 1.5 miles on a raised embankment. But if partially disabled, one has to travel (Nb. Was blocked from public sector gyms 2019 for being partially disabled, is a nuisance as that was just 0.75 mile a way, never mind, the 44 mile round ride to the private gym is pleasant, for anyone with a disability blocked from travelling in the UK. NB. Have finally stopped recycling orange juice containers, obviously was blocked from recycling such in the part of England I live in, for being partially disabled, 75 miles the most I was prepared to go, 90 miles or whatever, to Scotland, to recycle ? They now get binned)
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IME people without much money tend to service their cars themselves and do most repairs themselves often with scrapyard sourced parts, especially on something as basic as a Ford which probably still use points and coil ingnition and carburettors, except on the sporty models. Kept vehicles running for years like that when I was skintish.mjr wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 10:46amThe above is not true where I live.[XAP]Bob wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 12:01pmDepends what car you're trying to pay for, and whether you already own it.
If you're just buying third party insurance, and VED, on a monthly basis - then there is the annual hit of an MOT (and the fear of any repair costs), but it's just fuel.
And that combination is often cheaper than public transport (which should be to the utter shame of government).
Insurance £20/month (third party on a 10 year old Ford Mondeo in an ex-council estate postcode near me), VED £19/month (band F, paid monthly), MOT £54.85/year so a bit under £5/month, servicing £250 with frequency depending on use so put £20/month by to try to cover this plus repairs which are probably a few hundred each hit, at random but more frequent as the vehicle ages.
So about £65/month plus fuel. And then there's any parking fees, depreciation, and much more.
An all-lines Lynx Bus adult pass is £83/month which would probably be cheaper, but in practice you'd probably buy a season ticket for your most-used line and occasionally area day passes as needed, which would be cheaper.
The problem with public transport is usually coverage and journey time, not cost. Too many lines start late, finish early and don't serve key destinations well. The bus operators know they're pricing against cars and are pretty sharp at competing on cost. A simple return to town is £1 more than the cheapest central parking, that will get blown away if you get sat in a jam burning fuel, and many would pay £1 for an extra 20 minutes each way not working on driving.
In a place with better transport such as Cambridge, passes cost more, but you'd also pay more for insurance, mechanics, fuel and parking. I expect London and Manchester and some others have big cost benefits to public transport if it serves your usual journeys.
'Give me my bike, a bit of sunshine - and a stop-off for a lunchtime pint - and I'm a happy man.' - Reg Baker