Nicholas Cage

so 28.5% are employed by the state , 4.7% are unemployed and 21.5% are economically inactive that means my darren brown skills pay off and we have breached the 50/50 and moved to 54.7% which means you can predict that if you meet anyone they are either not working or employed by the state. Woohoo! so much for capitalism These are only 2004 figures for eco inactive, well done Tony, creating more public sector jobs (like you promised) and the increase in unemployed (you didn't count IBM, Colgate, MG Rover etc in the numbers) and eco inactive (will it grow, it's always grown since 1996) will push this to only 35-46% of people in the private sector creating money!!!! that means for each public sector worker on an average wage you need 4 private sector workers to pay the tax or in this case each private sector worker will need to pay each public sector workers wages after tax just to maintain the level.

This is the same as saying the contents are worth 50K, to get round a stamp duty band. Or giving a cash gift to children to evade inheritence tax, you can't do it. Same way brokers used to get gold bars as a bonus to lower their tax, or importing goods and devaluing them. It's all the same you can avoid tax, but you cannot evade it.

especially if the property is ex council, I had to spend around 2K per annum propping up the building that needed repairs, as do all 1950's flats or houses when the council stops maintenance and has sold to private owners.

they'll all end up listed as Economically inactive which makes it look like unemployment is low. http://news.google.com/news?scoring=d&ie=U...lly+inactive%22 7 million and rising Five regions with the fastest growing number of people who are not seeking and do not want work: Number of people Number of people Change since 1997 in 1997 in 2004 1. Wales 15,000 26,000 +70% 2. East 23,000 38,000 +64.1% 3. West Midlands 30,000 44,000 +48.4% 4. London 61,000 88,000 +43.7% 5. South East 44,000 63,000 +41.3%

Didn't they do something like this just before the last crash, i think it was in the news section http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/FAQ-1992-...papers-said.htm The Sunday Times SUN 26 JUL 1992 House prices continue to drop as Major studies rescue plans THE cuts in interest rates have not worked; the mortgage rescue package has failed; and the moratorium on stamp duty has done little to help. What can the government try now to rescue a housing market that seems bent on self-destruction? A report la...

£55,000 from 150k

On 1st April 2005, new Council Tax bands will come into force, on all domestic properties. Council tax was introduced in 1993 with valuations based on values at 1 April 1991. This of course, like inheritance tax , and income tax, will be dealt with by fiscal drag, the method of doing nothing in the face of inflation (that thing that occurs all the time) . You pay more tax now, because your salary rises but the tax allowance doesn't, same with house prices. No action is taken so it doesn't count as a tax rise http://www.voa.gov.uk/index.htm

http://www.epitan.com.au/IRM/content/sharepriceinfo.html I invested in epitan before the first clinical trial, it'a a drug that makes you produce melatonin, so you get an all over natural tan without exposure to UVA-B radiation also reduces your risk of skin cancer through the method of tanning as normal, but you don't risk it reaching that stage. Side effects are increased libido and weight loss. although the company mentions neither of these. If this is not ok I can remove it, I've recommended it since 2001 on several forums, but if this gets removed as a pump/dump scheme I understand.

How does it work when, 112,000 private sector jobs are lost this year but 115,000 extra public-sector jobs created. It's like a huge BTL , you create public sector jobs, and the tax from thoses goes to create more public sector jobs which pay tax and drive the economy to give you more jobs, more tax, more income, you can't lose.

according to betfair.com Election Apr - Jun 2005 1.16/1 , next lowest is Jul - Sep 2005 at 17/1 Most Seats Labour 1.19/1 Conservative 6.4/1 Lib Dem 80/1 Party Leaders Tony Blair 1.14/1 Gordon Brown 8/1 Michael Howard 1.09/1 Oliver Letwin 40/1 Labour win with Tony Blair, then Conservatives with Michael Howard, then Lib Dems with Charles Kennedy

Edit: i think you only get 7.5% with the slplit Ftse 100 plan not on it's own but they may have changed it on the website, I think they had a Dec 17th deadline http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk offer 7.5% on savings for one year, or 75% of FTSE 100 balanced over five years. Or half money 7.5% and half FTSE 75% growth. The FTSE 100 offers return of money without interest so a loss of about 20% if no rise and needing 20% rise to equal savings over 5 years, i guess. savings only You get a special guaranteed interest rate of 7.5% gross/AER for one year. (This rate is only available with this plan.) · No withdrawals or additional deposits are permitted · It commences when your cheque/funds have cleared and matures 12 months later

he's still gold half the UK gold left. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...8/ixportal.html

yes , but I can't borrow more and don't have savings to fall back on plus owe a lot on a mortgage. edit:Can the economy just keep on growing better than all the other countries, was my borrowing and spending helping the economy as well?

From my limited understanding of the figures, articles, we have high level of employment low unemployment or low claims lowest interest rates since the 1950s low savings high borrowing there a plenty more but oddly none of them stack against each other in stopping a crash. If people are employed, borrowing heavily, not saving and the economy is doing well then surely we are more at risk of a crash, as there's no room to manouver. I lose my job or my salary doesn't increase, house drops in value , my borrowing increases, my saving levels drop, RPI, CPI increases too fast, interest rates increase slighlty. What i mean is it no longer requires lots of bad things, just a rise in interest rates is enough, i'm already employed, borrowed a lot and not saving so where is my safety line. Or i lose my job, I have repayments and no savings, cant borrow. just one or two out of 30 factors is enough? (sorry if my points not clear or been made before)