Comments on: A tax on pleasant views http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/11/06/a-tax-on-pleasant-views/ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:44:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Gary Monro http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/11/06/a-tax-on-pleasant-views/#comment-13515 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:27:18 +0000 http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/11/06/a-tax-on-pleasant-views/#comment-13515 That's actually a great idea. I would love to see the equality wallahs get to grips with middle-aged middle Englanders getting mardy over the suppression of their pagan rights. Bring it on... That’s actually a great idea. I would love to see the equality wallahs get to grips with middle-aged middle Englanders getting mardy over the suppression of their pagan rights.

Bring it on…

]]> by: EU Serf http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/11/06/a-tax-on-pleasant-views/#comment-13489 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:52:22 +0000 http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/11/06/a-tax-on-pleasant-views/#comment-13489 We should start a cult that believes that beautiful views are evil, but encourages its members to live in areas of outstanding natural beauty, as a test of their faith. Then we sue the government for religious persecution when they try to put our taxes up. We should start a cult that believes that beautiful views are evil, but encourages its members to live in areas of outstanding natural beauty, as a test of their faith. Then we sue the government for religious persecution when they try to put our taxes up.

]]> by: Thersites http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/11/06/a-tax-on-pleasant-views/#comment-13276 Sun, 06 Nov 2005 13:48:24 +0000 http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/11/06/a-tax-on-pleasant-views/#comment-13276 It seems that we are to have a 21st Century equivalent of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax" rel="nofollow">Window Tax</a> then, except in the 17th and 18th Centuries windows could be bricked-in. As Ken Clark has said in the past, &#8220;All socialist governments run out of money in the end.&#8221; It's just a shame that tax-payers have to suffer first. It seems that we are to have a 21st Century equivalent of the Window Tax then, except in the 17th and 18th Centuries windows could be bricked-in. As Ken Clark has said in the past, “All socialist governments run out of money in the end.” It’s just a shame that tax-payers have to suffer first.

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