tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post8643511246437991426..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Trust me, I’m a doctorCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-87477757038089379912014-08-01T21:00:30.363+01:002014-08-01T21:00:30.363+01:00Cooking Lager - the intention of NI was to pay for...Cooking Lager - the intention of NI was to pay for the Welfare State. Yes, that principle has long since gone, which is perhaps why the adoption of everyone doing self-assessment and if you are an employee being to claim deductions in the manner that business owners are allowed to do is the answer.<br />My issue now is that you seem to have a very poor grasp of Tax law in this country and how it relates to companies, partnerships and sole traders and also how a company is defined by legislation. A director is not self-employed even though they own the company. Dividends are not tax free but tax is paid by the company on shares to HMRC.<br />Lastly, the point of the article was about Free Society and the perceived Nanny State especially on health matters. This country needs more people for future economic success, child birth is down so we either need immigrants or we need to keep the current population fit for work for longer and the notion of retiring in your 60s becomes a thing of the past. We need to pay for more research into how to prolong life and the quality of that life. Somewhere along the line for the minimal amount of money that goes into maintaining our NHS someone or some group has to start holding the population accountable for their sloth, greed and others from the seven sins and not only that hold corporations responsible at the same time. More encouragement into private health care by allowing payment to private health plans to essentially be free because you deduct that payment from the personal income tax you pay to government. No detriment to the NI system which as previously stated, NI was the way to pay for the Welfare System but mainly to fund the NHS. All your other but what about them is really of no concern to me, I am assuming everyone is the average full time worker of whatever income.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727378066722538952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-66926937124135321792014-08-01T20:00:25.369+01:002014-08-01T20:00:25.369+01:00But NI is paid on employed wages, not on other inc...But NI is paid on employed wages, not on other income & many people don't pay it at all.<br /><br />The part time dinner lady doesn't make her stamp for the 10 hour week. Many self employed opt to pay themselves entirely through dividends. The ones that take a nominal income tend to be those that were on PAYE and have 20 years contributions so they pay the min possible to get another years stamp thinking it might be worth it. Most self employed have a Ltd company.<br /><br />NI is just an additional tax, not really related to your entitlement.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-83614340498416309502014-08-01T18:54:18.722+01:002014-08-01T18:54:18.722+01:00Cooking Lager - you are mixing your tax laws and w...Cooking Lager - you are mixing your tax laws and what applies to an LLC and an individual who is self-employed. I believe there is justification to take the personal tax collection burden off companies, partnerships and the sole trader and allow individuals to handle their own tax affairs much like the American system. The individual allowed to make deductions from tax in the same way the 'self-employed' are allowed to do and that should include private healthcare, private insurance for losing work due to redundancy etc. etc. All the things that currently are an additional financial burden instead of an example of prudent planning. The NI system to still be enforced and all tax due to be paid with severe penalty for failure to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-53635389460014965142014-08-01T16:38:42.140+01:002014-08-01T16:38:42.140+01:00@Anon, what about the self employed that choose an...@Anon, what about the self employed that choose an annual income of £8k in order to pay a minimal NI stamp (£175 a year for both employee & employer contributions) then pay themselves dividends every 6 months, for which they will receive a tax credit & eventual tax rebate for because the dividends will be declared profits for which corporation tax was due. Those profits being deflated with legal tax free expense allowances?<br /><br />Is it a fair system to tax only those that cannot afford accountants?<br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-6965291351441641102014-08-01T16:16:42.802+01:002014-08-01T16:16:42.802+01:00it is just another example of divide and conquer. ...it is just another example of divide and conquer. In a society that takes NI contributions in order to pay for a health service that is all too often classified as FREE then people who are concerned about their FREEdoms are bound to get upset. In countries where the emphasis is on private health care and that health care is run by actuaries who will adjust your monthly payment based on your health then people are well motivated to lead a healthier lifestyle. rather than health fascism we should merely introduce yearly health examinations and your payment to the NI system adjusted to reflect poor choices. At the same time sports and pastimes proven to cause long term health problems or are dangerous like horse riding then those people must have private medical cover to cover the additional costs of their lifestyle choices.<br /><br />I for one am sick of the Ayn Rand philosophy of self and personal liberty leading to the Tea Party and to an extent the rise of UKIP. It is a boring philosophy based not on social, political or economic wisdom. Society is bigger than an individual, whether our political system is best for society is another question. One thing I do know is that political parties bilging the same old crap about immigration is tedious beyond belief. Emigrants, that is who I hate - bring 'em back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-20544553575389215382014-08-01T08:22:19.305+01:002014-08-01T08:22:19.305+01:00What do we want?
1950!
When do we want it?
Then!
...What do we want? <br />1950!<br />When do we want it?<br />Then!<br /><br />If you liked that joke there is more of the same piss poor rubbish on R4 this evening.<br /><br />As fore the kippers, they add to the gaiety of the nation. The sunday politics and QT would be boring without a bit of Nige every now and then to wind the lefties up.<br /><br />They may be a buch of nutcases and fruitcakes, but they are right about one thing. We have handed our democracy over to unelected bureaucrats. A pity, all things considered.<br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-88938306430341548212014-07-31T22:50:52.891+01:002014-07-31T22:50:52.891+01:00"Many have even questioned what she is doing ..."Many have even questioned what she is doing in the Conservative Party at all, as surely two of the key principles of modern-day conservatism must be encouraging individual responsibility and a scepticism about top-down State solutions to improve the human condition."<br /><br />I'm never sure where people get these ideas from about the Conservative Party.<br /><br />This is the party that introduced the Video Recordings Act, forcing all videotapes to have to go through the BBFC, the party that ramped up the war on drugs, the party that wanted ID cards for all football supporters. And that was under the more liberal Thatcher administration. The current Conservatives have forced broadband filters on people, supported the smoking ban and wanted a minimum price on alcohol.<br /><br />Like most fake liberals, they want *their* freedoms protecting but sod everyone else's. So, Tories will join various "freedom" marches to allow fox hunting, but still want you locked up for smoking a fairly harmless joint.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-73487533996826525482014-07-31T20:39:55.780+01:002014-07-31T20:39:55.780+01:00 May I suggest anyone who votes
Con/lib/Lab should... May I suggest anyone who votes<br />Con/lib/Lab should be cosidered a<br />traitor/backstabber and twotimer rolled in one.Voting for these derelicts will only accelerate the<br />decline and demise of the British Nation. No I am not a UKIP voter but they are not yet tarnished with the total deception of the three main parties of spivs,liars and cheats. As for the lefty loonies,marxists,trots and associated freaks,who the hell can trust them,all on offer from them is an eternal grey misery.<br />Reminder,if you vote next year for the big three,shut up for the following 5 years(or more)<br /><br />Nothing to lose<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-75707604682410657122014-07-31T19:37:13.200+01:002014-07-31T19:37:13.200+01:00She's a bit of a MILF thoughShe's a bit of a MILF thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-33919477216359956372014-07-31T19:13:49.220+01:002014-07-31T19:13:49.220+01:00"3. Reasonable observation?"
Yes, if you..."3. Reasonable observation?"<br />Yes, if you're a misogynist. Or a supporter of UKIP, apparently. Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-81533549777858326252014-07-31T16:47:50.009+01:002014-07-31T16:47:50.009+01:00I'd vote for Mudge but only if he stuck a leaf...I'd vote for Mudge but only if he stuck a leaflet through my door with a picture of himself in a wife beater vest, pint of bitter in hand, fag in mouth. Them's the terms. You either want my vote or you don't.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-23055344579028326702014-07-31T16:29:14.951+01:002014-07-31T16:29:14.951+01:00From Dave Atherton
In reply to RedNev
1. Or anyo...From Dave Atherton<br /><br />In reply to RedNev<br /><br />1. Or anyone else, including white men. She believes that a business should be able to choose<br />2. Fired<br />3. Reasonable observation?<br />4. Joke and Michael Crick the Channel 4 reporter goaded him<br />5. Man made climate change I do not believe in either<br />6. Fired<br /><br />I assume from your name you are a Marxist/socialist and that is UKIP's target vote. Only 1 in 5 white working class people vote for Labour these days. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-64974900581461254642014-07-31T15:10:10.247+01:002014-07-31T15:10:10.247+01:00What are you waiting for 'Mudge? I'll be ...What are you waiting for 'Mudge? I'll be the first to endorse your entry as a "Preserve the Enlightenment" candidate.dcbwhaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585310584555592882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-76811939093954806622014-07-31T14:23:36.631+01:002014-07-31T14:23:36.631+01:00I doubt whether UKIP will win in Totnes, but someo...I doubt whether UKIP will win in Totnes, but someone needs to take her to task over her health fascist views, and somehow I can't see either LibDems or Labour doing that.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-59979256929417049722014-07-31T14:07:22.468+01:002014-07-31T14:07:22.468+01:00I was with you all the way until you expressed the...I was with you all the way until you expressed the hope that UKIP could displace her - a party which has had the most bizarre and at times appalling gaffes. A quick Google reminded me of these, and there are loads more:<br /><br />1. ‘Businesses should be allowed to refuse services to women and gay people’ - Councillor Donna Edmunds.<br />2. Councillor David Silvester blames UK storms and floods on gay marriage laws.<br />3. ‘Women don’t have the ambition to get to the top because babies get in the way’ - UKIP MEP Stuart Agnew.<br />4. Godfrey Bloom called a room full of women ‘sluts’ and then slapped a reporter.<br />5. Energy spokesperson Roger Helmer doesn’t believe in climate change.<br />6. UKIP candidate Geoffrey Clarke was suspended over suggestions that compulsory abortion should be considered for foetuses with Down's syndrome or spina bifida. <br /><br />I think I'd rather deal with the nanny statism of Dr Sarah Wollaston than the barking lunacy of the UKIP lot - though preferably neither.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-68509172950852680682014-07-31T14:00:43.452+01:002014-07-31T14:00:43.452+01:00Open primaries are going to result in health fasci...Open primaries are going to result in health fascist mps?<br /><br />I'd have thought the opposite to be true. Suggestions for them are no where near to enforcing it on political parties so it wouldn't affect independents. It's a suggestion to find a way to engage people in what are dying local associations.<br /><br />As for the lass in question, yeh, doesn't appear up to much, but she might very well represent some people your pal Nigel wouldn't. The none piss heads that live among us.<br /><br />Takes all sorts. Take that Hattie Harperson. Not many people like her but she's cracking comedy value. Without her and Diane Abbot, Dead Ringers on Radio 4 wouldn't have a show.<br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com