Council tax robbers
Discussion
Well,its that day of the year again, you know, the one where the council tax bill falls through your letterbox and you feel a tear in your eye as you open it.
The robbing thieving lying cheating f
king wking tossing council just make the figure up im sure.
Ive now to pay 150 a month, for what, fk all as far as i can see.Reading through the stty paper booklet ive found a few things my hard earned goes on.
RUBBISH COLLECTION--What you mean one pokey little fking bin every two weeks, even then you wont come to me, ive to leave it , handle facing outwards on the edge of my property, then it half misses the bin lorry, plus your truck spews out hydraulic oil all over the rd.
STREET LIGHTS--fk off, the nearest one to me is approx 1/4 mile away, at night i cant even see my cars on my drive its so dark you wkers.
EDUCATION--fk off again, we have no kids, never will, end of.
HIGHWAYS--hold up you wkers, isnt that what my rd tax is for, plus tax/vat on fuel.
POLICE--What police, never see them in the village, the one time in 8 yrs of living here that we did need them, after being broken into, it took the tts 2 days to come out, even then they did nothing.
FIRE SERVICE--Touch wood ive never needed them, but do feel it unfair i pay more than someone in a smaller house, does it cost more to cut me out of my fking car than someone who lives in a 2 bed house.Is my cat more money to get down from a tree just because my house is bigger.
SOCIAL HOUSING--Oh good, im paying for lazy chavvy tossers to live in a nice home, so glad.
PARKS AND OPEN SPACES--Im in a wheelchair, not really my thing thanks, besides i live in a beautiful essex village so why go into a town park.
LITTER PICKING-- Another fking waste of money, our local parish council organise litter picking in the village, by volunteers.As in FREE
So Essex/Braintree fking council, can you please tell me what my 150 a month gets me, cos im bksed if I can see what.
The robbing thieving lying cheating f
king wking tossing council just make the figure up im sure.Ive now to pay 150 a month, for what, f
k all as far as i can see.Reading through the stty paper booklet ive found a few things my hard earned goes on.RUBBISH COLLECTION--What you mean one pokey little f
king bin every two weeks, even then you wont come to me, ive to leave it , handle facing outwards on the edge of my property, then it half misses the bin lorry, plus your truck spews out hydraulic oil all over the rd.STREET LIGHTS--f
k off, the nearest one to me is approx 1/4 mile away, at night i cant even see my cars on my drive its so dark you wkers.EDUCATION--f
k off again, we have no kids, never will, end of.HIGHWAYS--hold up you w
kers, isnt that what my rd tax is for, plus tax/vat on fuel.POLICE--What police, never see them in the village, the one time in 8 yrs of living here that we did need them, after being broken into, it took the t
ts 2 days to come out, even then they did nothing.FIRE SERVICE--Touch wood ive never needed them, but do feel it unfair i pay more than someone in a smaller house, does it cost more to cut me out of my f
king car than someone who lives in a 2 bed house.Is my cat more money to get down from a tree just because my house is bigger.SOCIAL HOUSING--Oh good, im paying for lazy chavvy tossers to live in a nice home, so glad.
PARKS AND OPEN SPACES--Im in a wheelchair, not really my thing thanks, besides i live in a beautiful essex village so why go into a town park.
LITTER PICKING-- Another f
king waste of money, our local parish council organise litter picking in the village, by volunteers.As in FREESo Essex/Braintree f
king council, can you please tell me what my 150 a month gets me, cos im bksed if I can see what. Wheelrepairit said:
Well,its that day of the year again, you know, the one where the council tax bill falls through your letterbox and you feel a tear in your eye as you open it.
The robbing thieving lying cheating fking wking tossing council just make the figure up im sure.
Ive now to pay 150 a month, for what, fk all as far as i can see.Reading through the stty paper booklet ive found a few things my hard earned goes on.
RUBBISH COLLECTION--What you mean one pokey little fking bin every two weeks, even then you wont come to me, ive to leave it , handle facing outwards on the edge of my property, then it half misses the bin lorry, plus your truck spews out hydraulic oil all over the rd.
STREET LIGHTS--fk off, the nearest one to me is approx 1/4 mile away, at night i cant even see my cars on my drive its so dark you wkers.
EDUCATION--fk off again, we have no kids, never will, end of.
HIGHWAYS--hold up you wkers, isnt that what my rd tax is for, plus tax/vat on fuel.
POLICE--What police, never see them in the village, the one time in 8 yrs of living here that we did need them, after being broken into, it took the tts 2 days to come out, even then they did nothing.
FIRE SERVICE--Touch wood ive never needed them, but do feel it unfair i pay more than someone in a smaller house, does it cost more to cut me out of my fking car than someone who lives in a 2 bed house.Is my cat more money to get down from a tree just because my house is bigger.
SOCIAL HOUSING--Oh good, im paying for lazy chavvy tossers to live in a nice home, so glad.
PARKS AND OPEN SPACES--Im in a wheelchair, not really my thing thanks, besides i live in a beautiful essex village so why go into a town park.
LITTER PICKING-- Another fking waste of money, our local parish council organise litter picking in the village, by volunteers.As in FREE
So Essex/Braintree fking council, can you please tell me what my 150 a month gets me, cos im bksed if I can see what.
So you listed exactly what you get for your money and you're question is tell you exactly what you get??The robbing thieving lying cheating f
king wking tossing council just make the figure up im sure.Ive now to pay 150 a month, for what, f
k all as far as i can see.Reading through the stty paper booklet ive found a few things my hard earned goes on.RUBBISH COLLECTION--What you mean one pokey little f
king bin every two weeks, even then you wont come to me, ive to leave it , handle facing outwards on the edge of my property, then it half misses the bin lorry, plus your truck spews out hydraulic oil all over the rd.STREET LIGHTS--f
k off, the nearest one to me is approx 1/4 mile away, at night i cant even see my cars on my drive its so dark you wkers.EDUCATION--f
k off again, we have no kids, never will, end of.HIGHWAYS--hold up you w
kers, isnt that what my rd tax is for, plus tax/vat on fuel.POLICE--What police, never see them in the village, the one time in 8 yrs of living here that we did need them, after being broken into, it took the t
ts 2 days to come out, even then they did nothing.FIRE SERVICE--Touch wood ive never needed them, but do feel it unfair i pay more than someone in a smaller house, does it cost more to cut me out of my f
king car than someone who lives in a 2 bed house.Is my cat more money to get down from a tree just because my house is bigger.SOCIAL HOUSING--Oh good, im paying for lazy chavvy tossers to live in a nice home, so glad.
PARKS AND OPEN SPACES--Im in a wheelchair, not really my thing thanks, besides i live in a beautiful essex village so why go into a town park.
LITTER PICKING-- Another f
king waste of money, our local parish council organise litter picking in the village, by volunteers.As in FREESo Essex/Braintree f
king council, can you please tell me what my 150 a month gets me, cos im bksed if I can see what. Street lights - the council light the streets not your drive.
Education - So you don't want children, you had an education - who paid for that? Do you really not see the benefit of education being available for everyone?
Police - Hope you never need them in an emergency.
Fire - Hope you don't need them either.
Social Housing - Hope you never need that if you fall on hard times. Social housing is not just for layabouts.
surveyor said:
150? Sounds cheap to me!
It's Essex. You get what you pay for. He pays for Essex.My LA have put round a questionnaire as to whether to move the parish boundary. All it will mean is a change of post code. And higher rates, and all but double parish rates. It effects one side of a road and evidently they've voted for it. Ratable value will go up when the re-rating comes in. So the turkeys are voting for Christmas. It will, they suggest, make the houses more valuable because theyed be 'moved' into a posher area. By standing still it seems. That's clever.
Wheelrepairit said:
So Essex/Braintree fking council, can you please tell me what my 150 a month gets me, cos im bksed if I can see what.
a ten second google reveals that you are getting pretty much the same as most other council tax payers.king council, can you please tell me what my 150 a month gets me, cos im bksed if I can see what. http://www.braintree.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/6220FD25-...
You may not like where your money goes, but they ARE telling you where it is being spent.
obob said:
Education - So you don't want children, you had an education - who paid for that? Do you really not see the benefit of education being available for everyone?
Police - Hope you never need them in an emergency.
Fire - Hope you don't need them either.
My parents paid for my education, I went to a private school.Police - Hope you never need them in an emergency.
Fire - Hope you don't need them either.
Police, yes your right, hope I don't need them in an emergency, seeing as it took them two days to come out for a break in.
Just noticed my council paid "lee valley regional park" the sum of 1.7 million pounds last yr, why the f
k do that , it's nowhere nr Braintree/ my house.bigandclever said:
Wheelrepairit said:
PARKS AND OPEN SPACES--Im in a wheelchair, not really my thing thanks
Rather an abrupt question sorry, not sure how to phrase it better, but what council tax discount do you get for that?Admit that I didn't bother to investigate our tax banding when I moved into our house ten years back. This year for some reason (I blame P.H.) decided to compare tax bands with my neighbours houses. One of those houses is a new build of about 2007, a detached 4 bed en-suite 
whereas my house is a 2 bed 17th century detached cottage, very basic by today's modern homes, my choice! However, I was gob-smacked to see that the 4 bedder has a lower banding than my place! Worse still I cannot appeal. In fact all other 7 houses in our Hamlet are banded lower or the same and ours is the smallest home!
whereas my house is a 2 bed 17th century detached cottage, very basic by today's modern homes, my choice! However, I was gob-smacked to see that the 4 bedder has a lower banding than my place! Worse still I cannot appeal. In fact all other 7 houses in our Hamlet are banded lower or the same and ours is the smallest home!Derek Smith said:
My LA have put round a questionnaire as to whether to move the parish boundary. All it will mean is a change of post code.
Are you sure? Royal Mail does its own thing with post codes. Caused all sorts on angst around here as people on the Wirral and in Southport got Liverpool post codes. 
Edited by Deva Link on Friday 16th March 14:15
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