Living on your own?

Escapee · 01-08-2006, 07:22

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5232028.stm

Orangebird will love this one

As well as having to pay all the bills yourself if you choose to live on your own, the last paragraph makes it sound like there will be a new tax coming along shortly for those of us who choose to have our own space.

I guess there will be a tax break if you rent you spare room out to half a dozen, or am I being cynical to put 2 and 2 together and think a tax of this sort would be put in place to encourage single occupancy owners to rent rooms.

I guess a large tax on single occupancy home owners would sort out a few headaches for the government.

**David F** · 01-08-2006, 08:17

This is another thing that cant possibly happen in a civilised culture.Like the Fat tax that was mentioned a few weeks ago. I think if Blair would stop kissing Bush's ass then the country would save billions instantly.If any of these crazy ideas ever come to fruition I can see riots and civil unrest unseen in this country since the poll tax and miners strike.Blair will deffo be first up against the wall come the revolution

**Rob** · 01-08-2006, 08:18

Oh great

Makes a bit of a mockery of the coucnil tax discount for single occupancy.

More rubbish - attack that at source, encourage manufacturer's to minimise packaging, some stuff just has so much it's stupid. Remember we are in a consumer society. Our whole economy relies on selling more each year for growth, or is there to be a u turn on capitalism?

Improve energy efficiency - why have grants for insulation just for low income / got to be on benefits types, make them available to all. Those who have more money are less likley to be bothered with an upgrade, infact the average house from even the 1990s has inadequate loft insulation by modern guidance. Quick and cheap to deal with, but rarely done, due to apathy.

orangebird · 01-08-2006, 09:33

Well, they're make houses 'asian friendly'. Why don't they make some singleton friendly houses too?

Oh, sorry, my bad. If you're living on your own and working to afford the gadgets that waste all this energy, lets just tax the hell out of you instead, because frankly, you're not contributing enough already with your PAYE and NI anyway..

**David F** · 01-08-2006, 09:38

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Originally Posted by orangebird

Well, they're make houses 'asian friendly'. Why don't they make some singleton friendly houses too?

Oh, sorry, my bad. If you're living on your own and working to afford the gadgets that waste all this energy, lets just tax the hell out of you instead, because frankly, you're not contributing enough already with your PAYE and NI anyway..

I too live on my own and if they try to tax me ill find a fiddle somewhere and end up ahead "stuff them and their law" (slightly modified from a prodigy track lol)

danielf · 01-08-2006, 09:42

errm, All that has happened is that a couple of researchers have published a paper showing that single occupancy households use more space/energy (and this is particularly true of young(ish) males). These researchers make the ill thought-through suggestion of an occupancy tax (I think many of these single householders would love to live together with a partner). Nowhere does it state that such a tax is actually considered.

**David F** · 01-08-2006, 09:54

bloody good job too lol lol
The most prejudiced against people in this country are the single white male and im one of those

jtwn · 01-08-2006, 09:56

/leaves country

**Graham M** · 01-08-2006, 10:05

/joins jtwn

**David F** · 01-08-2006, 10:24

Ill just marry an immigrant

v0id · 01-08-2006, 14:26

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Ill just marry an immigrant

like ting tong? :P

LostintheNW · 01-08-2006, 14:34

What a load of BS that article is, taxing single people? whats next! a tax because you are ginger, you wear trainers etc?!?!?!? the government needs its heads taking off and the ***** removing and a brain putting in place. Whats this study the the Uni has done then about single people producing more rubbish, how on earth is that possible, are they making a judgement that single people eat more and buy more things then? IDIOTS!! - and single white males are the worst? oh ok I am off to the local sunbed shop just so I wont be discriminated against by our wonderful government.

basa · 01-08-2006, 14:35

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Originally Posted by orangebird

Well, they're make houses 'asian friendly'. Why don't they make some singleton friendly houses too?

They're called 'studio flats' or 'bedsits'

**David F** · 01-08-2006, 14:35

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Originally Posted by v0id

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Ill just marry an immigrant

like ting tong? :P

from tooting noooooooooooooooooooooooo

basa · 01-08-2006, 14:39

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Originally Posted by LostintheNW

What a load of BS that article is, taxing single people? whats next! a tax because you are ginger, you wear trainers etc?!?!?!?

LOL now there's an idea

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Originally Posted by LostintheNW

Whats this study the the Uni has done then about single people producing more rubbish, how on earth is that possible, are they making a judgement that single people eat more and buy more things then? IDIOTS!! - and single white males are the worst?

Well it does take a similar amount of packaging for a meal for one than a meal for two and a single duvet has nearly as much wrapping as a double etc.

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Originally Posted by LostintheNW

oh ok I am off to the local sunbed shop just so I wont be discriminated against by our wonderful government.