New waste tax of £100

Boeing Guy · 18-01-2009, 10:49

MPs may be denied vote on £100 bin tax - Times Online

And we still vote for these idiots!!
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lancsdave · 18-01-2009, 11:29

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

MPs may be denied vote on £100 bin tax - Times Online

And we still vote for these idiots!!
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They can impose what they want, if you don't pay it they have a crack set of government thugs to collect the money, otherwise known as bailliffs

jaysay · 18-01-2009, 11:40

Fly Tippers Charter,

Less · 18-01-2009, 12:23

How do they propose to decide who is putting out to much waste?

I live on my own and usually when I put my bin out it's only half full, by the time the bin men arrive however my neighbours have used the room to dispose of their extra waste, I don't mind after all it's better in my bin than left on the street, but what happens if because of this practice the powers that be decide that I'm from a single household and therefore I should be fined for my neighbours rubbish?

What am I supposed to do, stand next to my bin until it's collected to ensure no other waste goes in?
Padlock the bin and get the binman to call for a key?
Photograph the level of my bin at the time I put it out?
Put a label with my name and address on the bin bags to prove which of the rubbish in the bin is mine and which has been dumped on me?

MargaretR · 18-01-2009, 12:57

I have the same problem as Less.....with the addition of dog crap sometimes

Neil · 18-01-2009, 14:51

It sounds like you be be charged deffernet in you have a small or a large bin. Single people would have a small bin, families a big bin I suppose. I thought families already paid more council tax by living in bigger more expensive houses.

Then again it would be fairer to charge council tax based on the number of occupants and not the property value.

Less · 18-01-2009, 14:55

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Then again it would be fairer to charge council tax based on the number of occupants and not the property value.

Wasn't that the idea behind the infamous Poll Tax?

emzy · 18-01-2009, 15:09

This might affect me, my bin is always full but very rare the lid wont close (if i cant fit it in the bin i take a trip up to the tip) but some of my rubbish is weighty, the boys nappies for example, will have to see if it does. I only have 1 bin, but many people round me seem to have aquired a 2nd or even 3rd bin so how would that affect them?

jaysay · 18-01-2009, 16:00

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Originally Posted by Neil

It sounds like you be be charged deffernet in you have a small or a large bin. Single people would have a small bin, families a big bin I suppose. I thought families already paid more council tax by living in bigger more expensive houses.

Then again it would be fairer to charge council tax based on the number of occupants and not the property value.

You mean some kind of Poll Tax Neil,

could have sworn I' heard of that before, but maybe not

Morecambe Ex Pat · 18-01-2009, 16:23

Roads and street lights are paid for by Road Tax.
Police, Fire Brigade, MP's, Coast Guard, schools and colleges are paid from taxes.
Hospitals and ambulances are paid for by national insurance contributions
Lifeboats, Mountain Rescue and Air ambulances are funded by charities.

That leaves Counciillors and Refuse Collections paid for by the Council tax (did I miss anything out?)
Councillors mustbe after a pay rise then.

Neil · 18-01-2009, 20:18

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Originally Posted by Morecambe Ex Pat

Roads and street lights are paid for by Road Tax.
Police, Fire Brigade, MP's, Coast Guard, schools and colleges are paid from taxes.
Hospitals and ambulances are paid for by national insurance contributions
Lifeboats, Mountain Rescue and Air ambulances are funded by charities.

That leaves Counciillors and Refuse Collections paid for by the Council tax (did I miss anything out?)
Councillors mustbe after a pay rise then.

I don't think you understand what County and Local Councils do or even where your Council tax and other taxes go.

panther · 18-01-2009, 20:21

wont people on benefit not pay this?

jaysay · 19-01-2009, 10:23

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Originally Posted by Morecambe Ex Pat

Roads and street lights are paid for by Road Tax.
Police, Fire Brigade, MP's, Coast Guard, schools and colleges are paid from taxes.
Hospitals and ambulances are paid for by national insurance contributions
Lifeboats, Mountain Rescue and Air ambulances are funded by charities.

That leaves Counciillors and Refuse Collections paid for by the Council tax (did I miss anything out?)
Councillors mustbe after a pay rise then.

Roads and Street lighting are maintained by the County Council out of Council Tax, as are Police, Fire Brigade, Schools, Hospitals and Ambulance service out of General Taxation
Did you miss anything out, well anything that makes sense really

accyman · 19-01-2009, 14:16

yet another rule to encourage fly tipping , these idiots keep complaining about fly tippers yet the penny hasnt dropped that every time they make peoples disposing of waste more difficult or expensive the more fly tipping occurs

knob heads the lot of them

katex · 19-01-2009, 15:35

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Originally Posted by accyman

yet another rule to encourage fly tipping , these idiots keep complaining about fly tippers yet the penny hasnt dropped that every time they make peoples disposing of waste more difficult or expensive the more fly tipping occurs

knob heads the lot of them

Looks like we are not the only council with this problem, although I do agree with some of the comments just due to the mentality of people who would do it no matter what system is in place :

Darwen turned into 'cesspit' by flytippers (From Lancashire Telegraph)