Re: CUK fornt page news item "your bedroom on the net".
The politics of unintended consequences.
Once more I find myself reading the most ludicrous proposals and wondering if anybody in Tones crowd is capable thinking things through.
They are proposing to let Council tax assesors take pictures of your house and publish them on the net to avoid arguments over your propertys value.
Here are a couple of my thoughts on this subject, I would love to hear yours.
1. They are creating a shopping centre for burglars, they wont even need to break in to find the goodies they want, NL will have published a catalogue for them, names and addresses supplied. Theft on demand.
2. There is no consideration of the fact that any investment I make in my property will not be realised unless I sell it or die, at which point stamp duty or death duty will net HMG a tidy sum.
3. The countries housing stock is going to go to ruin as people dont bother with refurbishments to increase the value of their property.
4. Smart rich people will live comfortably but put their money into other investments thus reducing their tax bill.
5. Some poor sod who has srimped and saved to make things nice will be penalised over the dosser next door.
This is wrong on so many levels, anyone else?
The politics of unintended consequences.
Once more I find myself reading the most ludicrous proposals and wondering if anybody in Tones crowd is capable thinking things through.
They are proposing to let Council tax assesors take pictures of your house and publish them on the net to avoid arguments over your propertys value.
Here are a couple of my thoughts on this subject, I would love to hear yours.
1. They are creating a shopping centre for burglars, they wont even need to break in to find the goodies they want, NL will have published a catalogue for them, names and addresses supplied. Theft on demand.
2. There is no consideration of the fact that any investment I make in my property will not be realised unless I sell it or die, at which point stamp duty or death duty will net HMG a tidy sum.
3. The countries housing stock is going to go to ruin as people dont bother with refurbishments to increase the value of their property.
4. Smart rich people will live comfortably but put their money into other investments thus reducing their tax bill.
5. Some poor sod who has srimped and saved to make things nice will be penalised over the dosser next door.
This is wrong on so many levels, anyone else?
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