A heads-up that JDW will be knocking off 7.5% from all food and drink prices on Wednesday 20th September 2017 as part of their campaign on fairer VAT pricing.
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reindeer333
7 Sep 17#1
HUKD politics :face_with_monocle:
m5rcc to reindeer333
7 Sep 17#2
Aren't most posts political?! Enter any lease deal!
reindeer333 to m5rcc
7 Sep 17#3
True! This one more than most though :wink:
On another note, I wonder how many people will be taking the 21st off work?
Greene King have great promotions running including BOGOF on drinks and a regular 40% off mains. Not worth cooking with the 40% offer. Large mixed grill for under £6 and two pints for under £2.50.
dudea729 to backinstock
7 Sep 17#34
When did they last do that offer?
backinstock to dudea729
7 Sep 17#35
The BOGOF has been going on for a while (Hungry Horse and some Flaming Grill pubs at least) and is still going strong. Different times at different pubs - 5pm - 7pm or 8pm - 11pm for example.
Sign up for the email offers and 40% off mains is regular.
Best of luck asking any flavor of Government to be fair on anything......not just TAX the lower down the food chain you are..... the more your WILL be shafted :cry:
m5rcc to cburns
7 Sep 17#7
We should really be aiming to pay more tax, in general, rather than less. The majority of the countries with low tax rates are also some of the most unhappiest.
thrustmaster to m5rcc
7 Sep 17#10
That's not entirely true though is it? There are various types of tax of course however looking at many of the countries in this example it's a mixed bag.. uk.businessinsider.com/wef…10/
Heard a few people say in the past they'd like to pay more tax, should really be some sort of scheme whereby do-gooders can voluntarily increase their tax contributions for that extra feel good factor. I don't personally believe our tax money is well spent as things stand, perhaps if that changed I could agree to tax increases but at the moment the justification is just not there.
m5rcc to thrustmaster
7 Sep 17#11
Many of the countries on that list aren't exactly glowing example. Quite a few despot nations.
People often complain about a poor NHS, for example, and despite all UK governments past and present are poor managers of tax revenue, we still spend a hell of lot less than other nations on healthcare. Ask anyone "Do you want a better NHS" and they'll say yes. Ask them if they want to pay five pence in the Pound more, and they'll say no. Whilst the UK will never replicate a Scandinavian model, the UK at the moment, looks hell-bent at making it a tiny tax-haven island off mainland Europe that sells weapons of mass destruction to those willing to pay for it.
bonzobanana to m5rcc
7 Sep 17#17
The main issue is we have become a poorer country that has a trading deficit and is haemorrhaging money. Just taxing people more of their borrowed money isn't going to help as a population we need to vote for a party with proper economic policies and stop getting them to spend more money they haven't got. Something like £30,000 of debt for every person and with the EU wanting to add about £2,000 on top of that we need to start paying back the money we owe and start running a trading surplus. We should be taxing goods that are mainly imported more like electronics and perhaps removing tax from the service sector to influence how people spend their money. So I would agree with wetherspoons stance on tax it would be good for the economy as long as tax's were increased elsewhere. We just need to tackle the attitude of people that think they can buy a huge amount of imported goods without consequences. People seem to be disconnected from reality when it comes to economics. If you keep borrowing and sending that money abroad then obviously services in this country will suffer.
m5rcc to bonzobanana
7 Sep 17#26
And much poorer as a result of leaving (or attempting to leave) the EU. Pound Sterling is down 16.51% against the Euro since the EU Referendum and down 11.46% against the US Dollar.
It's worse than that I'm afraid. The UK is the most indebted country in the world. My point was that if people want better services then there is no other option that to charge higher taxes for it and/or charge a PAYG service for it.
People do not wish start paying back debt because they find money to be cheap and moral hazard in the UK allows them to splurge with little consequence due to weak bankruptcy laws.
A lot of things are taxed and maybe by leaving the EU we will have to pay an import tariff on everything anyhow if the UK relies on WTO rules (which by the way, does not cover services).
There will always be a trade deficit because this country no longer produces anything (other than those weapons of amss destruction we like to sell to our mates the Saudis)
flaxdoctor to m5rcc
7 Sep 17#13
Go ahead, you can pay as much tax as you like. Send them a cheque - they'll accept it, and you'll be ecstatic.
Governments know far better than we do how to spend the money we earn, after all.
m5rcc to flaxdoctor
7 Sep 17#16
You are missing the point.
And it is laughable if you think Governments know how spend money better than others!
Van1973 to flaxdoctor
7 Sep 17#18
That is exactly what should be said to all these "Celebs" who hark on about more pay for nurses etc!
The Government should set up a formal system to enable those who wish to "opt-in" to pay more tax - then we'd see how many of those so called celebs would put their money where their mouths are! The Tax rates should be seen as a minimum.
Apologies for the political rant - good deal, heat added!
jayonline85 to m5rcc
7 Sep 17#28
Happiness is a perception, we assume those people are unhappy. This is how we are conditioned to think. We can have a big car, a great job with lots of money but don't see much of family or friends but think we are still happy because we have lots of material things. Then there is the person who lives in a country that has lower tax rates, let's say Singapore, this person doesn't have as much money but has family and friends around him and they think they're happy too. So who's the happy one? What you see as unhappy may not seem that to someone else. Happiness is an inner perception not a reality :raised_hand:
Rastafari to jayonline85
7 Sep 17#30
It's very hard to be happy, living in Singapore. Too much pressure.
jcluk to cburns
7 Sep 17#32
Hardly! Those of us on lower incomes pay less tax now than we did 5 years ago as we get £4,500 more of our income tax free.
Zardoz
7 Sep 17#8
Do not a lot of other European countries have far lower VAT rates for hotels and restaurants. e.g. I believe Spain has a main VAT equivalent rate of 21% but only 10% for hotels and restaurants.
Cold, wetherspoons have got greedy this year and put their price up markedly.
Boycott.
MrMoneySavingExpert
7 Sep 17#14
Such a shame the food in there is only worth 7.5% of the price. Have a some heat though #microwaveheat :grin:
GGMI to MrMoneySavingExpert
7 Sep 17#15
To be fair, you have to take it for what it is, a lot of their food was good value for money (price comparable if not better than Mcdonalds with better layout) It's a shame they put their prices up so much in one go though.
cf15
7 Sep 17#19
love the chips here
soapyd
7 Sep 17#20
Wow... This thread got political as f*$k! This is a decent offer by the way. Heat
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On another note, I wonder how many people will be taking the 21st off work?
Greene King have great promotions running including BOGOF on drinks and a regular 40% off mains. Not worth cooking with the 40% offer. Large mixed grill for under £6 and two pints for under £2.50.
Sign up for the email offers and 40% off mains is regular.
Check out your locals...........
greeneking.co.uk/
For example - Hungry Horse.
hungryhorse.co.uk/signup
Flaming Grill.
flaminggrillpubs.com/ema…up/
etc.
the lower down the food chain you are..... the more your WILL be shafted :cry:
There are various types of tax of course however looking at many of the countries in this example it's a mixed bag..
uk.businessinsider.com/wef…10/
Heard a few people say in the past they'd like to pay more tax, should really be some sort of scheme whereby do-gooders can voluntarily increase their tax contributions for that extra feel good factor. I don't personally believe our tax money is well spent as things stand, perhaps if that changed I could agree to tax increases but at the moment the justification is just not there.
People often complain about a poor NHS, for example, and despite all UK governments past and present are poor managers of tax revenue, we still spend a hell of lot less than other nations on healthcare. Ask anyone "Do you want a better NHS" and they'll say yes. Ask them if they want to pay five pence in the Pound more, and they'll say no. Whilst the UK will never replicate a Scandinavian model, the UK at the moment, looks hell-bent at making it a tiny tax-haven island off mainland Europe that sells weapons of mass destruction to those willing to pay for it.
It's worse than that I'm afraid. The UK is the most indebted country in the world. My point was that if people want better services then there is no other option that to charge higher taxes for it and/or charge a PAYG service for it.
People do not wish start paying back debt because they find money to be cheap and moral hazard in the UK allows them to splurge with little consequence due to weak bankruptcy laws.
A lot of things are taxed and maybe by leaving the EU we will have to pay an import tariff on everything anyhow if the UK relies on WTO rules (which by the way, does not cover services).
There will always be a trade deficit because this country no longer produces anything (other than those weapons of amss destruction we like to sell to our mates the Saudis)
Governments know far better than we do how to spend the money we earn, after all.
And it is laughable if you think Governments know how spend money better than others!
The Government should set up a formal system to enable those who wish to "opt-in" to pay more tax - then we'd see how many of those so called celebs would put their money where their mouths are! The Tax rates should be seen as a minimum.
Apologies for the political rant - good deal, heat added!
e.g. I believe Spain has a main VAT equivalent rate of 21% but only 10% for hotels and restaurants.
Boycott.