13th March – Taxed

When I was young at school, we using to accuse people, in an amicable sort of way, of “taxing” things. We would say, “You’ve taxed my pencil” or “Someones taxed my PE kit”. We made it slang for “to steal. So “taxing” was stealing.

This came back to me when reading about the new “budget” our government is making. For those not in the know, a “budget” is not a way to save money, but a way to extort money from the taxpayer (the middle and lower classes). Tax is a percent of the products price that goes into the governments pockets. So tax is going up. That’s the only way politicians think or want it to go. We will be paying more on booze, cars and cigs.

But don’t forget about the normal (hidden) tax you already pay on pretty much everything... Value Added Tax. VAT is where the government makes goods more expensive based on their current price (they add 17.5% to whatever price it is.. Why? Well everyone knows but the government won’t admit it, they are just greedy.

BOOZE. The price of booze is to slip up 4p a pint, 14p per wine bottle, sprits by 55p a bottle and cider by 3p a litre. This is what the government thinks will stop millions of preteens teens and irresponsible peoples (like me perhaps) pigging out on Eau d’ethanol. Why not have age based taxes? If we assume the media is correct and people below 25 cannot drink without going to excess tax THEM more perhaps? 4p on my Guinness and 55p on my vodka bottles are just an annoyance, not dissuader.

CIGS are going up 11p a packet. Damn that’s the nail in the coughing for the smokers isn’t it? Hounded out of all public places, you can’t run from tax, even if your 20 a day habit hasn’t messed up your life, the tax on it will.

In an effort to make Britain more environmentally friendly, DRIVERS will be keeping their coppers, as there’s an extra 2p on every litre but not until October. Our planet will be soon saved, as will our presumably bulging sofas stuffed full of change. I really wish a government wouldn’t make big “promises” about “getting touch”, only to add microscopic amounts to damaging factors. In short, I really wish a government had balls to do what is right.

So the government is taxing even more off us, whilst pretty much solving no problems at all. You don’t have to be a school kid to understand tax, but boy I feel like a victim now!