Sep 2008 16

Hate to say we told you so…4

…but as predicted, those who have already been hit with fortnightly bin collections are also set to be the first to suffer the new bin taxes and aggressive charges for the heinous crimes of putting your rubbish out before 7.30am or leaving your bin lid slightly open.

Wheely_bin_2As much as councils and Government Ministers have been at pains to claim that fortnightly bin collections, bin fines, rubbish taxes, microchipping bins and other dubious activities are all stand-alone measures – with no relation to one another and definitely not part of a coherent plan to squeeze us all even further for what used to be part of the council tax deal – it’s now clear that they were lying through their teeth, or at bare minimum swallowing the Government’s line hook, line and sinker.

The vociferous campaigns against fortnightly collections that have been successful in various parts of the country have paid off for local residents in saving them – for now at least – from being slapped with yet more bills and charges, so let this be a lesson to us all: don’t give them the benefit of the doubt on this! If you fight to maintain value for money and the decent rubbish collection service you were promised, the chances are you’ll be saving yourself from bin taxes at the same time.

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  • Ian P

    Hatred of fortnightly (ie alternate week rubbish/garden waste) is not universal. In my area, it has worked without problems since introduction and has made a very positive contribution to waste reduction, including almost totally obviating the need for trips to the municipal reclamation site.
    It’s about time those in favour fought back!

  • Kevin Phillips

    Can I ask why you are named the Taxpayers Alliance? I pay tax, as do my fellow Unison members, yet you felt obliged to criticise us during our July strike action. Maybe a name change to “(Some of the, mainly white Tory voting) Taxpayers Alliance.
    Just a thought.

  • Graeme Pirie

    Kevin, you’re a taxpayer, don’t you want lower taxes?
    I can’t imagine there’s anyone out there who thinks the amount of tax, VAT, council tax & all the stealth taxes are remotely justified. Particularly when there are so many examples on here of where a lot of it is wasted.
    If your tax bill was slashed and you were left with more of your own money you wouldn’t even think of striking would you?

  • Tim

    Hey Kev,
    I’m slightly confused by your suggestion that black people don’t mind paying excessive taxes, whereas white people do. Care to explain, or is it just a racist attempt to classify white people as greedy, snobbish capitalists who grind down minorities?
    As far as I can tell, money that the government wastes comes from everyone in Britain, regardless of race, and so the campaign is relevant to us all.