Ive been thinking...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

That was suggested by my friendly dea - local supplier, but as I really like banana cake I was a bit wary of overdosing myself, lol.

[Magoo]

consuming too much gives me vertigo

[Oldfellah]

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[Lilith7]

We should just pay higher taxes then, enough to cover (or as close to it as possible) stuff like health, housing, education, welfare etc. etc. & become one of those highly taxed countries which are at the top of the 'happiest people' lists.

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That was suggested by my friendly dea - local supplier, but as I really like banana cake I was a bit wary of overdosing myself, lol.

There's an organisation (sort of) called the Green fairies. Apparently.

[Me+Me]

its a funny old world.
brewing alcohol might be the easiest and cheapest of all the illicit alchemy we have.
i think this, along with the negative effects prohibition induces, stops them from over-taxing alcohol.
they know we would just circumvent the system like we do with weed and theyd get nada.

Brewing alcohol isn't illegal, the ingredients are sold at the supermarket! It is just illegal to sell your home brewed alcohol. It isn't illegal to give it away.

And if noone smoked, the government wouldn't lose money as it wouldn't need to spend so much money on the hospitals.

They never spend nearly as much money on curing smokers  as they got in tobacco taxes.

[Foal30]

I’ve been thinking that I’ve Been Thinking was a memoir by DICK Prebble

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One of the helpful Mums brought me down Vegan Caramel Slice today


Like a tin of it.. wow it’s good

Miso and Tahini are the caramel layer

[Magoo]

lillith please...
'We should just pay higher taxes then, enough to cover (or as close to it as possible) stuff like health, housing, education, welfare etc. etc. & become one of those highly taxed countries which are at the top of the 'happiest people' lists. '

yes, higher taxation always motivates me to work harder.

[Lilith7]

lillith please...
'We should just pay higher taxes then, enough to cover (or as close to it as possible) stuff like health, housing, education, welfare etc. etc. & become one of those highly taxed countries which are at the top of the 'happiest people' lists. '

yes, higher taxation always motivates me to work harder.

The lack of stress from needing to provide education, healthcare etc. etc. may be in part what leads to those people being the 'happiest people', despite their high taxes - & probably benefits their health as well. 

[Oh_hunnihunni]

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Oh you are so naughty...
But I like you.

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lillith please...
'We should just pay higher taxes then, enough to cover (or as close to it as possible) stuff like health, housing, education, welfare etc. etc. & become one of those highly taxed countries which are at the top of the 'happiest people' lists. '

yes, higher taxation always motivates me to work harder.

Nope. Though we need taxes to pay the bills, it is actually higher take up of education that supports a happier, healthier, wealthier population.
So, we should make education - all forms of it - free and accessible, and encourage everyone to indulge in it as a lifelong process.

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We should just pay higher taxes then, enough to cover (or as close to it as possible) stuff like health, housing, education, welfare etc. etc. & become one of those highly taxed countries which are at the top of the 'happiest people' lists.

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That was suggested by my friendly dea - local supplier, but as I really like banana cake I was a bit wary of overdosing myself, lol.

There's an organisation (sort of) called the Green fairies. Apparently.

There is, but I choose not to put anyone at risk.


However, if someone sends me something nice in the mail, who am I to complain?  

[Lilith7]

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Oh you are so naughty...
But I like you.

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lillith please...
'We should just pay higher taxes then, enough to cover (or as close to it as possible) stuff like health, housing, education, welfare etc. etc. & become one of those highly taxed countries which are at the top of the 'happiest people' lists. '

yes, higher taxation always motivates me to work harder.

Nope. Though we need taxes to pay the bills, it is actually higher take up of education that supports a happier, healthier, wealthier population.
So, we should make education - all forms of it - free and accessible, and encourage everyone to indulge in it as a lifelong process.

Which is or should be, one of those things covered by higher taxes. Lifelong free education would surely make a huge difference to us all.

[Magoo]

i could have sworn i already pay an arseload of tax for those very things?

[Lilith7]

i could have sworn i already pay an arseload of tax for those very things?

The taxes we all pay though, aren't sufficient to cover everything. And strange as it may seem, those who live in highly taxed countries feature at the top of the 'happiest people' lists.
No one likes high taxes; but it seems there are benefits to paying more tax which may compensate for the pain.

[Magoo]

i could have sworn i already pay an arseload of tax for those very things?

The taxes we all pay though, aren't sufficient to cover everything. And strange as it may seem, those who live in highly taxed countries feature at the top of the 'happiest people' lists.
No one likes high taxes; but it seems there are benefits to paying more tax which may compensate for the pain.

i think our taxation is ample for our needs.
unfortunately it doesnt cover our 'wants' as well, and apparently we want some things real bad.
we could easily do without horse racing and yachts we dont need armed forces. we dont need expensive foreign diplomats and embassies, i could go on.
i could rewrite the budget and have money left over if i were given a sharp pencil.

[Lilith7]

The taxes we all pay though, aren't sufficient to cover everything. And strange as it may seem, those who live in highly taxed countries feature at the top of the 'happiest people' lists.
No one likes high taxes; but it seems there are benefits to paying more tax which may compensate for the pain.

i think our taxation is ample for our needs.
unfortunately it doesnt cover our 'wants' as well, and apparently we want some things real bad.
we could easily do without horse racing and yachts we dont need armed forces. we dont need expensive foreign diplomats and embassies, i could go on.
i could rewrite the budget and have money left over if i were given a sharp pencil.

Most of us could manage very well without those things; a friend of my Mum's used to say that in her view, any housewife worth her salt could probably budget far better than any govt.

[Magoo]

same goes for local government.
rubbish, roads, water.
everything else is just dross.