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Dizzy28 wrote:Specialist Baboons wrote:The roads are almost undrivable in my area for cars. Suspension parts and maintenance is crazy. Making the decision to puchase a 4x4 which is diesel-powered is now going to raise my fuel costs by 48%. Bank fees are now going to be higher due to the rise in their taxes. Tyres are going to cost more. It's to dangerous to walk the street or ride a bicycle. Maxi and taxi fares are going up. What options are there?? If the fuel cost is raised by 48% cost of living is going to do the same with its domino effect. "What value do I get from my tax dollars? I pay 25% of my salary to the government every year.
Every item I purchase I pay value added tax of 12.5%. That equates to 37 1/2% already going back to the state.
I pay for my electricity & water.(Which is to be raised)
I pay for my fuel which by the way has increased four times over the last two & a half years. That alone has driven the cost of goods and services up. Everything revolves around transportation. When fuel prices increase therefore, so will everything else.
I shop locally and pay three and four times the value of items I purchase. This is a day of information technology. At a touch of a button I can see what the value of any item is worth.
I opt to buy online because there I find better value for money.
The state sees me doing it which of course affects local businesses. They decide to apply a 7% online tax to force me to buy locally. To force me to pay $4 for a $1 item. They say it is to conserve foreign exchange. Really? When I buy from the local stores do they not use the same foreign exchange you say you want to conserve to bring in those items?
Rather than insist that the Consumer affairs division step in and force the local price gougers to reduce their prices, they try to strong arm me into buying local.
I am forced to pay for every service at the banks. I am charged 12% and 15% on a loan while the banks offer me 1/2% interest on my account which is eaten up by the services charges I pay to maintain said account. Yet their is no legislation to protect me from those criminals.
I sacrifice to save, to purchase a piece of land upon which I build a house. Paying tax on every piece of material I use. I pay bridging finance to the bank before getting my completion certificate. I then have to pay a mortgage which adds up to twice the value of the money borrowed to build.
Then on top of that, I am now asked to pay a property tax based upon a rental value. Rental Value? Therein lies my problem. My tax dollars do absolutely nothing for me. I don't access any grants from the state. I don't access public health care. I don't drive on good roads. I don't feel secure to travel around the country or sleep in my bed. If I call for an ambulance, more than likely I will be dead by the time they arrive. If I my wife calls for the police, they will arrive just in time to draw a line around my body, if they get a vehicle that is.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. So go ahead. Bring on more taxation." - #facts #letstakeastand #fedup don't usually vent but I'm totally fed up of paying taxes and not being able to feel any sense of security in this country. No development whatsoever in my community. We are represented by members of parliament whose faces are only seen by their flyers and posters around election time. The time has come for the lower and middle class to stand up against this dictatorship and let our voices be heard. Change is needed. Clearly our nation's leaders are failing us. Enough is enough!
So much wrong with the math you using above
Monkey Man wrote:i will gladly pay double this price in fuel for, efficient health care, sustainable infrastructure, dependable police and the list could go on.. but we dont have that and it dont look like it is heading in that direction
MaxPower wrote:How long before allyuh stop beating up?
Dizzy28 wrote:MaxPower wrote:How long before allyuh stop beating up?
Divali
Joshie23 wrote:Dizzy28 wrote:MaxPower wrote:How long before allyuh stop beating up?
Divali
Next week Friday, actually. First People's Day.
sMASH wrote:Dat is Ur Plan to survive this government?
Mooch off. Of Ur padnahs?
zoom rader wrote:Where are all these so PNM bloggers to support their party,
Specialist Baboons wrote:sMASH wrote:Dat is Ur Plan to survive this government?
Mooch off. Of Ur padnahs?
Yuh inviting???
zoom rader wrote:Where are all these so PNM bloggers to support their party,
sMASH wrote:Specialist Baboons wrote:sMASH wrote:Dat is Ur Plan to survive this government?
Mooch off. Of Ur padnahs?
Yuh inviting???
* in my philopinos english accent* my friend, my friend.
Prasad and karma yo!
Zetski wrote:zoom rader wrote:Where are all these so PNM bloggers to support their party,
We right here.. Great is d PNM and we shall prevail!
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