tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post88148726233062760..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Money.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-54542860046743379042010-06-03T12:44:42.847+01:002010-06-03T12:44:42.847+01:00Since I work for myself as well, I always make sur...Since I work for myself as well, I always make sure that money is set aside for any tax payments which are necessary.<br /><br />Anyone not doing so is an idiot!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590303515885855728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-4312361596127629312010-06-03T09:23:39.005+01:002010-06-03T09:23:39.005+01:00I also worked for myself for 25 years and it's...I also worked for myself for 25 years and it's good to see someone who actually sets aside money for taxes. A lot of the twats I used to work alongside used to reckon thay could pay the tax out of next month's income - and then, of course, there wasn't any.<br /><br />Re ID cards : It was academic really. All the real experts I used to work with who actually knew something about goverment IT projects agreed with me that it was never going to work anyway. The magistrates court system I walked away from in 1999 because the spec was never going to be practical still isn't working in 2010.<br /><br />I can see that point of a photo on a driving licence though because it stops some other stupid bastard taking your test for you so you can go out on the road and kill people. Sadly it always seems to be other people that get killed, so God lets us down once again...Dioclesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139646438543954337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-18415663292714748992010-06-03T06:01:16.642+01:002010-06-03T06:01:16.642+01:00I'm sure a lot of people who played the credit...I'm sure a lot of people who played the credit card and re-mortgage game knew it was foolish but just couldn't resist the temptation of lots of holidays, a thin telly at £2,000 and a fridge with two doors at £1,500 (each of which cost a third one year later). <br /><br />In reality they had £400 to spend on a holiday, £300 for a telly and £200 for a fridge - not that the telly and fridge needed replacing. Now they have paid more in interest than the amount they actually had spare to spend on these things. <br /><br />We can only wait and see whether the lesson has been learned and people will now only spend what they can afford and will use credit only when it is absolutely necessary to do so. It'll cut a chunk off GDP but that chunk should never have been there in the first place, so it's not really recessionary it is just a re-balancing exercise to get us back on a sane path.TheFatBigothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.com