only in the uk

[Sailor Steve]

Well, here it isn't Federal. They get away with it mainly because it's done by the states (maybe not even all of them - I don't know).

But it still bugs me.

[Letum]

I bet.
I'm a high-tax-high-spend chap, but I don't like the sound of property tax one bit.
Not as bad as poll tax / head tax perhaps.

Do you still have that in the US?
*edit* No, you don't.


*edit* Anyone one want to have a guess at the motive behind the UK/US Baseball/Cricket switch?

[Sailor Steve]

Not a clue. And I hate to guess - I'm almost always wrong.

[mrbeast]

Originally Posted by Letum

*edit* Anyone one want to have a guess at the motive behind the UK/US Baseball/Cricket switch?

Hmmm, could it be that certain sections of the UK media (well the conservative bits.....Daily Mail anyone?) are going hell bent to print spurious, often half true or even practically fabricated stories of how bad the world/society/the country is now, how 'PC Madness' is running rampant, how imigrants are taking all the jobs and get given everything free on the taxpayer etc etc blah blah blah.........all to induce a degree of fear in society therefore making people more receptive to a right-wing political agenda?:hmm:

[Letum]

Originally Posted by mrbeast

Hmmm, could it be that certain sections of the UK media (well the conservative bits.....Daily Mail anyone?) are going hell bent to print spurious, often half true or even practically fabricated stories of how bad the world/society/the country is now, how 'PC Madness' is running rampant, how imigrants are taking all the jobs and get given everything free on the taxpayer etc etc blah blah blah.........all to induce a degree of fear in society therefore making people more receptive to a right-wing political agenda?:hmm:

Couldn't have said it better.

[Jimbuna]

Tory backed propaganda.