POVERTY IS RISING

[barry luxton]

All,

 

The more fundamental question - Should unrestricted population growth continue to be allowed?

 

Phone

We weren't asked, and the administration who allowed unfettered access to 500 million, still refuse to ask the public for a mandate, called a referendum. Vote labour you know it makes sense, not. Edited May 9, 2014 by barry luxton

[corydoras]

All,

 

The more fundamental question - Should unrestricted population growth continue to be allowed?

 

Phone

Not if you live in a blue State.

[big_cod]

more important where's this halibut disappeared to big cod?

 

Its here barry what a beast 53lb halibut a bonny fish a bit of polotics going on very sad really but very well done to barry kember he deseves a medal took him 25 minuites to land it plus all on my sponosrs tackle Shackespeare Ugly Stick 20-30lb and Penn 320 GT and Berkley 50lb Whiplash.

 

 

paul.

Edited May 9, 2014 by big_cod

[Ken L]

All,

 

The more fundamental question - Should unrestricted population growth continue to be allowed?

 

Phone

 

Allowed? It's positively encouraged in the UK.

 

Not only will a clutch of offspring guarantee you social housing but we pay people to reproduce whether they're working or not.

Then, once they have reproduced, tax credits ensure that there's no incentive to get a better paid job or even work full time.

[Phone]

All,

 

I think Snakey's got it. If we trashed China, India, and the USA the rest would have a "remote" chance (just my guess). Throw in the 3 most dense countries for good measure (not sure what they are).

 

Phone

[snakey1]

All,

 

I think Snakey's got it. If we trashed China, India, and the USA the rest would have a "remote" chance (just my guess). Throw in the 3 most dense countries for good measure (not sure what they are).

 

Phone

 

That would be Macau (51978 per sq mile) Monaco (46796) & Singapore (19863). by comparison China (366) is positively roomy even compared to the UK with plenty of room for expansion. Of course if you really don't like neighbours theres always Greenland (0.08 per sq mile).

[Steve Walker]

UK is patchy, though. South East England is rammed, Scotland is empty.

[big_cod]

There is chronic shortage of affordable housing in this country if it wasnt for tax credits a lot of peolple wouldnt be able to live not every body is on £500 + cast our mind to the 80ss when we had a big recession under maggy unemployment was crazy there is lot of people on peanut wages and tax credits is the only way to keep people in work with todays cost of living take tax credits away and unemployment would hit the roof britian actually has low wage economy its few top earners in south of country that give a false impression on the average wage there is a hell of a lot of people on the minimum wage infact the figures are frightning.

 

http://rt.com/news/below-living-wage-uk-403/

 

paul.

[Ken L]

There is chronic shortage of affordable housing in this country if it wasnt for tax credits a lot of peolple wouldnt be able to live not every body is on £500 + cast our mind to the 80ss when we had a big recession under maggy unemployment was crazy there is lot of people on peanut wages and tax credits is the only way to keep people in work with todays cost of living take tax credits away and unemployment would hit the roof britian actually has low wage economy its few top earners in south of country that give a false impression on the average wage there is a hell of a lot of people on the minimum wage infact the figures are frightning.

 

http://rt.com/news/below-living-wage-uk-403/

 

paul.

 

If it wasn't for tax credits/housing benefit, do you seriously think that people would be amassing large portfolios of houses and charging rents at rates that are not payable by people employed within the local economy?

The fact that the tax payer comes along and picks up the tab for exorbitent rents is what drives up rental prices and lines the pockets of landlords - allowing them to buy up more and more "afordable" housing stock and perpetuate the problem.

Meanwhile, the ordinary working folk who want to buy a home are simultaneously looking to buy in a market where prices are being driven up by landlords looking to extend their porfolio and paying taxes that end up in the pockets of those very same landlords via the tax credit/housing benefit system.

 

Take away the tax credits/housing benefit and the bubble bursts. People wouldn't be able to pay the rents asked so landlords would be faced with a three way choice: Drop the rents, leave the properties empty or sell the property.

I can't see them leaving the properties empty so "market forces" would either cause the rents being charged to drop to a more afordable level or release more affordable housing onto the market whilst simultaniously lowering the value of that housing stock to levels that are affordable by ordinary working families.

 

Of course, this is unlikely to happen because the rich do very well out of the tax credit/housing benefit system and the less well off are generally to dim to see the stranglehold that it has them in.

Meanwhile, EU immigrants and the fecund and workshy just love the free housing.

[Phone]

barry,

 

How many times does your statement need to be corrected? Income taxes not taxes in general. Income taxes, the most progressive part of the tax codes do reflect your numbers in as much as the poorest 20% pay NO income taxes on no income.

 

Taxes in general, the largest of which is the burden of the corporate tax falls primarily on labor after all adjustments are taken into account.

 

No "rich" person needs to break an arm patting themselves on the back for paying more than their share of taxes.

 

Phone

(and you thought I would let your comment pass?)