Our gubmint is worried. They wanted us to drive cars that were more fuel efficient and had lower emissions. So they introduced taxes to “nudge” us in the right [i.e. their] direction. So people went out and bought cars that … Continue reading →
I think I mentioned a while ago that I had set myself a little challenge. It was a simple enough task – to screw the gubmint for every cent I could get out of them. If they has been decent … Continue reading →
The first day of May and a new “sin tax” hits the lowest paid. Yes, today is the first day of the sugar tax, or the soda tax or whatever you want to call it. Leastwise the powers that be … Continue reading →
Some bloke has suggested that Ireland should have free contraception. I presume this is in response to the abortion debate that is raging here at the moment [and for the next few months]. I should point out to non-Irish readers … Continue reading →
I watched a bit of a discussion programme last night. They were on about take-away coffee cups, and how they are apparently destroying the planet. That’s a new one on me. They started by claiming that something like two million … Continue reading →
Some years ago, our Illustrious Gubmint brought in one of the most blatant acts of highway robbery yet. I refer of course to our “Property Tax”. It was supposed to be an emergency thing after the financial meltdown, but when … Continue reading →
Some wishes for the Gubmint for the New Year: Cut out the deadwood. Sack all those “advisors” whose advice has been shite to date anyway. Scrap all those committees, qangos and other departments that do fuck all other than keeping … Continue reading →
I received a mail from Gordon Brown today. Yes – he who was the UK’s Prime Minister. It was embedded in an appeal from that Avaaz crowd to whip up a frenzy amongst the Illiterati demanding that SOMETHING MUST BE … Continue reading →
I was sent a link today. [Thanks, Claudia!] Q&A: The World Bank’s quiet evolution on tobacco taxes Naturally it’s full of the usual shite… Big Tobacco has only one purpose in life and that’s in killing people. Abolish tobacco and … Continue reading →
For some reason, waste seems to be in the air today. By that I don’t necessarily mean the stench of rotting whatever from the kitchen bin [I must get Herself to empty that] but the fact that I have received … Continue reading →
