Monday, August 27, 2018

Should British Taxpayers stage a Tax Strike?

I ask because in every walk of life we pay for a service and the provider delivers or faces the consequences. Politics is the only field I can think of where this does not happen -we pay politicians and they go off and do their own thing - 'follow their consciences' or whatever their self serving rationale is.

This is most ill sorted. Why should they wander off piste, engage in self expression, indulge their pet hobby horses, mislead and betray the British electorate in such a brazen wanton way and then claim the moral high ground for their  betrayal, turn their vices into virtues,rewrite reality to conform to their capricious will?

Why not payment by delivery? The british public voted in overwhelming majority for the UK parliament to take back control from Brussels and this it is clear they are intent on not doing, openly and brazenly frustrating the will of the electorate in a high handed treacherous illiberal authritarian way -and there is to be censure, no consequence for such undemocratic behaviour?

To add insult to injury they are now attempting to say that since they have betrayed the will of the electorate and sorry, just couldn't bring themselves to do what they were instructed to do -'the numbers in parliament just aren't there' - they now have the brass neck to tell the British people to go back and vote again in a 2nd referendum - and this time make sure you get it right by voting Remain!

Well in that case we reserve the right to say to them You'r fired', we are paying your wages if you flagrantly go against our wishes no tickee no washee. Close down Parliament, forget the massively lavish refurbishing programme. They should all collect in a more appropriate venue -like an underground sewer. There's lots to choose from in London.

But a tax strike would be logistically problematic  as politicians are  not paid through the council tax which would be easier to withold and most people are not self employed but are taxed at source so the politicians are well insulated from such a possibility which is obviously by design and probably why they feel they don't even have pretend to be accountable, but the sentiment of such a tax strike is I believe well justified.

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