Comments by "" (@redtela) on "Shocking Truth: British People BETRAYED by Bureaucrats!" video.

  1.  @FastJetPerformance  I'm with you - it ain't a fair system, but it's the system we have, and taxation has always changed over the years. And to slightly rebuff the "doesn't pay to get the roads fixed" - doesn't pay AS MUCH. As we know, fuel tax, VAT, council tax etc go into the same pot and gets used on the roads, in part. It's also a proven fact that folks buying second homes drives prices up, reducing the ability for local folks to buy a house. The "brain drain" influenced by property prices has led some in Wales to start talking about reductions in income tax to "compensate" and try to encourage locals to stay in the area. Of course, that will probably mean an influx of population in those areas from outside, fixing the "brain drain" but doing nothing to help house prices. Can't please all the folk all the time. The day they force me to pay VED, I'll consider what I want to do about it. The choices seem like "accept it and pay" or "buy a different vehicle with a different tax bracket," but there might be another option when that day comes. Same thing if the tax band on my house changes, really.
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  2. Tim, c'mon mate - this is as old as England itself. My highschool History teacher taught us about taxes. Back then, tax money paid for the already wealthy to get more wealthy. Sure, as a by product, we get things like the NHS and military. But you're a fool if you don't realise those at the top will bend the rules and take the cream from the top whenever they can. Re the middle being squeezed, I live in Wales. If you're affluent enough to have a house in Wales that you choose to rent out as a source of income, why should that not be taxed? There are locals that in many cases can't afford a local home. I happen to be a career long software developer, and had a salary that you would imagine comes from that. Before my old man passed away, he remarked that I was earning more in some months that he would do annually when I was a kid. I'm now self employed, much like yourself, and earn less than I once did. To a point, it's incumbent on those of us that can have the nicer things in life, to support those below us - and because too many won't, taxes exist. Are they fair? No. Should you perhaps get a tax break for renting out that 2nd home of yours to a local? Probably. But this is the system we've had for many, many generations. I drive a 2013 Renault Megane - which I specifically bought for it's Euro 5 engine and VED exempt status. This next budget, they might change the rules so that my car is now susceptible to tax payments. But if they do, I've had a bloody good run of not paying VED, and I'm in a position to look at the market and choose if I want to opt for something else. I'm a cup half full kinda guy. The world was never a fair place, and whoever told you it was, was lying to your face (while probably banking your taxes).
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