Lincolnshire Voice

George Osborne (Bilderberg attendee in 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009) Chancellor of Exchequer

Budget News

- VAT is to be raised from 17.5% to 20%
- £11 billion benefits squeeze
- Capital Gains Tax up
- Retirement age up

Bullingdon Boy George said, "This Budget is needed to deal with our country's debts. This Budget is needed to give confidence to our economy. This is the unavoidable Budget."

More pain is to follow in the autumn spending review when Government departments whose budgets were not ring-fenced face cuts in the order of 25%.

Comment:

So our government, to help businesses, first reduced VAT to 15% (as a sweetener for what was to come) so all products had to be re-priced and re-labelled due to the price difference. They then returned it to 17.5% so retailers had to re-price and label everything again. Yet we now hear news that VAT is going up to 20% so the poor old retailers have to re-price and label everything again - marvellous! How much has this cost businesses?

Meanwhile, the foreign aid budget has been increased to £13billion. More here.

We spend £billions on "global warming," immigration, membership of the corrupt & illegal EU and most importantly the totally immoral war in Afghanistan that costs us £5billion every year and has resulted in 300 deaths of British forces personnel.

Did YOU vote for them?

Can we suggest the three immediate measures to help restore some financial "prudence":
1) Bring Troops home from Afghanistan Now - Cost saving £5billion p.a (& countless lives)
2) Withdrawal from the EU - Cost saving £60billion p.a
3) Stop foreign aid and promotion of "climate change" - Cost saving £18billion p.a
This is just the tip of the iceberg but still amounts to £83billion p.a, yet rather than do this, the LibLabCON men will increase your taxes further.

Had enough yet?

Just when you thought it couldnt get any worse you go and find out that we are now footing the bill for a makeover to a gypsy site near Gainsborough, costing £1.25million!

Deputy leader of Lincolnshire County Council Peter Robinson (CONservative) said: "The bid was made to the Home and Communities Agency in order to improve the general condition and make good the lack of facilities provided on the Summergangs Lane traveller site.

"The grant will be used to fund the refurbishment of 19 existing pitches, bring another back into use and create an additional space.

"The proposed works include the provision of 21 new amenity blocks with kitchen and bathroom facilities, extending the size of several pitches and upgrading the electricity supply to and around the site."

More info here.

Readers may be aware that Peter Robinson (CONservative), portfolio holder for social cohesion (shouldn't that be divide and conquer? Ed)at Lincolnshire County Council was the same chap who last year, said it would be a good idea to bring in Romany gypsies from countries including Romania and Bulgaria to Britain (why not everyone else is here, Ed) to fill jobs left by returning poles (not the ones in the shanty town by the witham, Ed)

More info here and here

At a time when many of our care homes are being closed locally due to a funding crisis, you would have thought that money would be prioritised to the people that really need it - silly us, thats what used to be known as COMMON SENSE - and we know that died long ago - but will return again!

This is too true to be funny.

The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.

A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were Living in the Stone Age.

D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E.
A billion Pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

Building Permit Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Income Tax
Unemployment Tax
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Petrol/Diesel Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
(tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Local Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago... and our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt... we had the largest middle class in the world... and mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?
Can you spell 'politicians!'

I hope this goes around the UK atleast 100 times
What the hell happened?????

The answer should be:
"we lost control of our money supply to the International banking elite and therefore are repaying interest on a debt owed many years ago - which will never be paid" Ed

£150,000 is being used as part of a National Reconnection Service which aims to help stop the spread of shanty towns that are appearing in Lincolnshire. Readers of these pages will be aware of the reports on the migrant camp outside Lincoln here and the one we reported on in Boston here.

Lincolnshire's agricultural chaplain the Reverend Canon Alan Robson welcomed the idea, but said £150,000 was nowhere near enough to tackle the wider issue of homelessness.

The scheme is being trialled in Boston and Peterborough, but could be rolled out to the whole country if successful.

When your tax bill goes up, remember who to blame! Don't say you weren't warned (even though it was waycist to say so). Nothing to worry about as the three stooge parties are "getting tough" on immigration.

Lincolnshires MP's have had to pay back almost £30,000 in false expense claims. Sleaford and North Hykeham MP Douglas Hogg (CONservatives) led the way as he claimed for his moat being cleaned, as well as claiming for house cleaning and gardening services. He has had to pay back £20,000, despite appealing against the decision.

Labours Gillian Merron who is supposed to represent the constituents of Lincoln City has repaid £6,305 for mortgage interest payments on her second home. Anybody who knows about the voting pattern of Ms Merron just need say "Post Offices," as this is what she tells the public she is for and then when she has the opportunity to vote to save them, she does not help one bit. Apparantly the overspend was an admin error!

Gainsborough CONservative MP Edward Leigh had to repay £3,613 after an appeal for mortgage interest payments, cleaning and gardening services.

Dont also forget that Quentin "turncoat" Davies who cant decide what party he belongs to, claimed for his Bell tower! (both Labour & CONservative parties are controlled by the EU anyway, Ed)

You can read more about the local MP's here if you wish but we believe the picture above sums it all up.

For further signs of the House of Troughminster follow this link here

Had it not been for the research that the BNP's sleazebuster Michael Barnbrook did over Derek Conway (CONservatives again!) and the resulting media attention, then these MP's would have simply carried on feeding at the trough. It's ok them saying we paid it back, but we all know they were just caught out!

Punish the Pigs (or should that be Hoggs?)

North Kesteven District Council look set to close Sleafords Tourist Information Centre in Money's yard in a cost cutting exercise. The "executive board" say that by closing this centre and replacing it with local access points and an improved website, it will save £40,000 per year.

As with Lincoln City and now Sleaford it looks like there soon wont be any Tourist Information Centres left in Lincolnshire.

Tourist Information Centres are invaluable to people visiting the area for the first time and if they want to find out about cinema, shows, pubs and local attractions it is one of the first ports of call. By taking this away, new visitors unfamiliar with the area then have to seek out a local access point with information, which will not be as effective as a Tourist Information Centre, so the local attractions will lose trade. If they lose trade, the local council loses tax revenue etc.

According to the Sleaford Standard, the tourism industry supports over 1,400 jobs locally, while attractions draw over 1.92 million visitors a year generating over £74.5 million in revenue.

The above figures make the saving of £40,000 and the inconvenience of losing this valuable service seem insignificant.

Not to be outdone by Douglas Hogg, the MP for Sleaford & Hykeham who likes his moat cleaning out, Quentin turncoat Davies thinks its ok for his constituents in Grantham & Stamford to pay for his bell tower. Info here

Well thats cleared that up then.

In the last couple of weeks we have seen yet more tax added indirectly:

Nationally, from 1st September we have had the 2p litre on fuel (2.3p/litre incl. vat);

North Kesteven have added Pest control charges (£10), whereas before they were free. See here for more details;

& United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) plan to make changes to their car parking charges, with effect from Tuesday 8 September 2009.
Charges for patient and visitor parking at Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim
Hospital, Boston and Grantham and District Hospital will become:
£1.20 for the first hour
£3 for 1-4 hours
£3.50 for 4 hours and above

- Any person regularly attending or visiting a Lincolnshire hospital can
purchase 10 days flexible parking for a reduced fee of £15 (gee thanks. Ed).
See here and here