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[vorlon24]

Originally Posted by chav1

i dont understan how in a demoracy we dont have a choice to have the product or not its a bit like going to asda and been charged for a chicken regardless if you have one in your trolly or not

But chav, we do have a choice.

If you do not want to pay a tv licence, get rid of the tv. Simple, really!

[chav1]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I thought it was meant to be Tony's pledge that everyone should have internet access as part of the eddicayshun, eddicayshun, eddicayshun drive - helps our kids to research and all that. Plonking a tax on for something most of us don't want anyway isn't exactly going to help is it?

No wonder blair wants every home to have a pc he must have planned the pc tax years ago and by getting a pc into every home he creates lots of tax revenue

as for policing who has a pc or not the only way they could do that is like vorlon said at the point of sale

simple solution is to build your own custom pcs which besides been beter and cheaper than anything you can purchase at pc world or time etc will make it impossible to know if you own one or not although internet service providers may be told to tell when you sighn up for internet

however they could put extra tax on pc parts but that wouldnt effect me as i can buy my parts cheaper from the usa and get my friends over there to mail them to me

[rockrabbit]

I like Graham Norton by the way, as he let me shoot my ping pong ball on his show![/QUOTE]
pmsl i watched that one . I think he went a bit downhill after going to america

[vorlon24]

Originally Posted by chav1

internet service providers may be told to tell when you sighn up for internet

Didn't think of that one...

[chav1]

Originally Posted by vorlon24

Didn't think of that one...

theres ways around that as well but thats a different story for another time

[garinda]

Graham Norton has lost it a bit, mid-Atlantic.
P.S. Can l have my ball back please?

[chav1]

i once watched graham norton and he had a woman on fireing ping pong balls out of her vagina

was that you ..?

sorry to ask but you did say he allowed you to fire a ping pong ball

it was on his millenium show

[garinda]

Find my ball, & l'll tell you!
l'm also missing 4 feathers!

[chav1]

Originally Posted by garinda

Find my ball, & l'll tell you!
l'm also missing 4 feathers!

i think he had another act that had feathers up their a**

you could try looking there


ok this thread is degrading real fast lol

sorry folks

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by vorlon24

But chav, we do have a choice.

If you do not want to pay a tv licence, get rid of the tv. Simple, really!

The TV licence money only goes to the BBC. It shouldn't be a case of having to do without a TV altogether. As in the case of the chicken. We may still wish to shop at Asda but simply not buy chicken and wouldn't be expected to pay for the thing we haven't got. So why can't we have an "opt-out" version of TV where if you don't pay a licence fee you don't get BBC. After all you have to subscribe to Sky in order to get sky channels so if they want the money let them work out a way of doing it.

And when it comes to the PC we could have an annual password (changed each anniversary) which we purchase in order to be able to access the BBC sites, thus leaving all other internet access and PC usage tax-free.

[chav1]

anyone else remember when tony blair prommised no new taxes ....?

[MichiganRed]

Originally Posted by chav1

simple solution is to build your own custom pcs which besides been beter and cheaper than anything you can purchase at pc world or time etc ...
however they could put extra tax on pc parts but that wouldnt effect me as i can buy my parts cheaper from the usa and get my friends over there to mail them to me

Speaking of computers and taxes -- Our brilliant governor has taken offense to the notion that she may not be getting her fair share of the taxes on goods purchased by residents of the state of Michigan. Consequently, she has pushed through our state legislature something called a "Use Tax" which forces us to pay Michigan sales tax (currently 6%) for items purchased out-of-state either in person or via the internet regardless of whether sales tax was charged by the seller. One can either keep track of each and every purchase and provide paper documentation of each transaction or simply pay a flat rate fee based on one's income level. Since I can never be bothered to retain every receipt from every little purchase made when travelling and I, too, purchase a good deal of computer components over the internet, we bite the bullet and pay the flat fee.

[vorlon24]

Apart from moving out of the state, is there no way to avoid this?

Is seems very unfair, I have to say

[chav1]

if you have a friend in another state get them to purchase it for you then mail it to you

if they dont know whats in the parcel they cant tax it and if you have to put contens on the parcel just say it is a video cassette of family or somthing

of course this would only work for small things like hard drives , graphic cards etc

my friends in usa who send me stuff occasionaly buy my item and i pay them through paypal then they mail my stuff

american companies sometimes have realy good offers icluding a rebate ststem where some of the money you spend is refunded after purchase

wish we had a rebate sytem here lol

newegg.com is realy good

[MichiganRed]

Not that I am aware of. I agree completely with you about the unfair bit. One would think she could be satisfied with the state income tax (not all states are cursed with that abomination but we are) in addition to the property taxes, sales taxes, vehicle registration fees, driving license fees and everything else the state takes in.

I'm afraid that the first time I was made aware of this notion my reaction was somewhat boisterous. The poor dog wouldn't come out from under the bed for the rest of the afternoon.