Unions

[IAN 2411]

And the IRS, the TSA and the ATF are just humble public servants patiently waiting to respectfully help us in our lives? The most feared words I can think of are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you."

Snark.... with all due respect to America, you always come over as an untrusting nation. In some ways that is not a bad thing but it is also a thorn in your side because mistrust breeds more mistrust so on so forth.

I had a business that I closed in 2006, and my books for the final year were at my accountants. The UK Inland Revenue wanted my books yesterday, my accountant was ill and I collected the books from six years back. I walked into the tax office with all my books including the final year that had not been calculated. I gave my name and address and handed them the books saying “You want them so damn fast ...then you sort them out,” I then walked out of the office. Three weeks later I had a letter from the through the post, I had been over taxed for six years and there was a cheque for over £8000. I have heard many cases like this since so it is not an isolated case.

The only people that have need to fear Government Institutions in the UK are those that break the law. I don’t know how it is in America but here in the UK all Government Offices are accountable to the people.

Back to unions, I worked for a firm in the UK and a ballet was going to be held for strike action, it was for the most trivial of things. The ballet papers were loaded and as far as I could see there was not a hope in hell of avoiding a strike....this was 1966. I walked out of the factory and down the street without signing the ballot paper, walked into an Army Recruitment shop and took the Queens shilling. That was showing my respect for bent unions.

No company will start big production factories in the Northeast UK, Tyneside, Liverpool and Manchester. The reason being is that the unions killed the work for the workers, and the workers brought it on themselves through blind loyalty to the greedy unions.

I rest my case.

Be well IAN 2411

[DuncanONeil]

"I had been over taxed for six years and there was a cheque for over £8000. I have heard many cases like this since so it is not an isolated case.

The only people that have need to fear Government Institutions in the UK are those that break the law. I don’t know how it is in America but here in the UK all Government Offices are accountable to the people. "

Prior owner of my house had a day care operation in the house. We thought nothing of that until after 7 years we found our assessment for the new alley was higher than everyone else. When we questioned it we found out that it was because the taxes were raised because of the day care. The only concession from the taxing body was sorry & they lowered our taxes to what they should be but they kept all the extra money they were not entitled to!