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Broadband tax to be made law
So £6.00 a year for everyone with a landline at the start, but in no time at all it will be £60.00
These F
g commie cts just keep on dreaming up new taxes.....
So £6.00 a year for everyone with a landline at the start, but in no time at all it will be £60.00
These F
g commie cts just keep on dreaming up new taxes.....
Its not going to be used to fund "high speed networks" its going to be used to fund whatever cack labour are planning to try next.... Just like the road fund license...
I am very concerned about the governments interest in broadband etc..... Is it just me who is sure an alterior motive will become apparent!
I am very concerned about the governments interest in broadband etc..... Is it just me who is sure an alterior motive will become apparent!
So we all don't pay it!
What they going to do....cut the whole country off?
FFS. if the unions can stick together on trivial matters, then why can't we over situations like this!!
If everybody decided not to pay, then it would force the Government to rethink their plans.
I can't think of anyone who wants to pay more tax........so let's use the only power we have, and that's to refuse to do what the government tell us.
As easy as that? Well, Yes........but ofcourse, no one will (except me), and we'll all continue to take it up the jacksie, and I'll end up getting some court order and hung for not paying the 'Brown/ Labour/ Gonatakeeverythingthatsyours' tax.
What they going to do....cut the whole country off?
FFS. if the unions can stick together on trivial matters, then why can't we over situations like this!!
If everybody decided not to pay, then it would force the Government to rethink their plans.
I can't think of anyone who wants to pay more tax........so let's use the only power we have, and that's to refuse to do what the government tell us.
As easy as that? Well, Yes........but ofcourse, no one will (except me), and we'll all continue to take it up the jacksie, and I'll end up getting some court order and hung for not paying the 'Brown/ Labour/ Gonatakeeverythingthatsyours' tax.
fido said:
May this become Labour's Poll Tax .. another cr8p idea in the last months of a desparate government.
The Tories say they will oppose it but they haven't said that they would scrap it. Cameron should grap the nettle and announce they will scrap it immediately on coming into office and then it's a "clear blue water" issue.Don't hold your breath............
zac510 said:
Completely misleading headline by the Beeb. It is just some guy saying that it should become a tax.
"...Digital Economy Bill, which will be presented to parliament in November."Seems like the intended meaning of should is 'barring unavoidable other uses of parliamentary time' rather than 'this seems like a good idea'.
I'm all for this, if it means it brings forward the introduction of fibre optic networks for every street in the UK. Of course it will probably not go towards anything like that (in part I suspect because that operation will cost many billions of pounds) and instead go to trying to pay for their other various fkups.
Go go Britain - possibly the worst 1st World Country for broadband speeds.
kups.Go go Britain - possibly the worst 1st World Country for broadband speeds.
bonsai said:
I'm all for this, if it means it brings forward the introduction of fibre optic networks for every street in the UK. Of course it will probably not go towards anything like that (in part I suspect because that operation will cost many billions of pounds) and instead go to trying to pay for their other various fkups.
Go go Britain - possibly the worst 1st World Country for broadband speeds.
Why should it be funded by the state? If the demand is actually their private industry will do it.kups.Go go Britain - possibly the worst 1st World Country for broadband speeds.
turbobloke said:
"...Digital Economy Bill, which will be presented to parliament in November."
Seems like the intended meaning of should is 'barring unavoidable other uses of parliamentary time' rather than 'this seems like a good idea'.
Fair, but then it's another big jump to "to be law" !Seems like the intended meaning of should is 'barring unavoidable other uses of parliamentary time' rather than 'this seems like a good idea'.
I don't endorse the Bill, but this headline is terrible.
bonsai said:
Go go Britain - possibly the worst 1st World Country for broadband speeds.
apparently South Korea has one of the best optic networks and they've spent something like $40billion in total so far .. how on earth is 50p each is going to get us to the same level of technology?fido said:
bonsai said:
Go go Britain - possibly the worst 1st World Country for broadband speeds.
apparently South Korea has one of the best optic networks and they've spent something like $40billion in total so far .. how on earth is 50p each is going to get us to the same level of technology?Edited by scorp on Wednesday 23 September 17:28
Fittster said:
bonsai said:
I'm all for this, if it means it brings forward the introduction of fibre optic networks for every street in the UK. Of course it will probably not go towards anything like that (in part I suspect because that operation will cost many billions of pounds) and instead go to trying to pay for their other various fkups.
Go go Britain - possibly the worst 1st World Country for broadband speeds.
Why should it be funded by the state? If the demand is actually their private industry will do it.kups.Go go Britain - possibly the worst 1st World Country for broadband speeds.
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