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    1 in 8 people in Hull are having to pay "Bedroom tax" because they have an unused spare room in their house, or only have their children part-time.
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    • Sudertum
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      Editing … That is an odd tax. Porpose of it?
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      Editing … Just to get more taxes.
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      Editing … So only reason why politics goes creative.
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    • Aramonde
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      Editing … That and the TV license are ridiculous. There's probably more dumb UK taxes i don't know about.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … Any reason to tax us is okay, whether it's fair or not.
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      Editing … Part-time children sounds like the way to go.
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      Editing … Hey, the TV money at least goes to some really stellar reporting. The BBC is one of the gold standards for international news.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … Lol, is that what you get told? The BBC is government controlled, they report what they are told to.
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      Editing … Deleted by himself
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      Editing … Well...BBC still isn't RT. Not yet, anyway.
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      Editing … Did the rest of you Yanks know about the TV licence Ara mentioned above? Yeah, we pay £150 a year to the BBC so we can watch TV. If we don't pay we go to jail. Even if we don't watch the BBC at all!
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      Editing … Did you know about our universal health care? Yeah, they take 12% of our wages to pay for it. And THEN we have to fucking pay for our medicine on top!! And when I fell off my motorbike I got billed for the ambulance too!!
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      Editing … Well, I heard about it. I don't blame you guys for being bitter, getting billed for some really ridiculous things. Maybe all the money goes to supporting the royalty. Actually, maybe I shouldn't mention them...
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      Editing … I visited London, so...yeah. I do miss fish 'n chips. Maybe not 'da mushy peas.
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      Editing … There's council tax too, that's for the police, fire brigade and to get your bins emptied every two weeks. That's £1200 a year for my area, but it can be MUCH higher elsewhere.
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      Editing … I just had fish and mushy peas, like 4 minutes ago.
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      Editing … They could've just renamed them all as Paddington taxes. Paddington is cuter than...f***in' politics. Then again, Paddington would probably just stick to eating toast and marmalade. He doesn't care about politics.
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      Editing … Did I mention we pay 25% of our wages to the government for things other than healthcare, police, fire, council TV etc too? I'm not sure what it's used for, bombing middle eastern countries and buying MPs nice house I would imagine.
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      Editing … Then there's road tax, you have to pay a yearly fee to use the roads.....
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      Editing … You have to buy a fishing licence if you want to fish.....
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      Editing … We have to pay tax on our savings, tax on our pensions....
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      Editing … We have to pay inheritance tax if somebody dies and leaves us something....
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      Editing … To be honest, I don't think America is that much better. The politicians keep talking about making the tax system less complicated, but it really hasn't happened.
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      Editing … Yeah know these taxes and fees also, tv licence one is likely the most annoying. To get rid of it you need to be dirtpoor or deafblind (no blind or deaf alone does not count!), or something unique.
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      Editing … The TV licence is here to stay unfortunately because it's controlled by the government, and the BBC do as the government say because that's their money. You get a discount if you watch in black and white though :D
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      Editing … Similar goverment thingy here too, a discount is possible if you unable to get radio or tv programms itself due location (or just not having a tv or radio), of course not easy to get though.
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      Editing … Jonathan the American one that comes to mind is paying a small tax every year on your car. You already pay a shit ton of taxes when you buy the car why do you have to pay a small tax every year on it!!! Also having to do an emission inspection every year is dumb too. Some states couldn't not have this tax though.
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      Editing … BBC gold standard for news BAWHAHAHAHA!!!!! Oh that was funny. Nod my state also has a fishing license. Complete fucking bullshit!
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      Editing … Yeah, I just figured that every car passed the emission inspection test. That VW lawsuit kind of screwed that idea up, though. The car taxes upset a lot of my friends, so many of them literally use the bus all the time. I don't blame them.
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      Editing … ??? Do your friends own cars? If they don't they don't pay it, its only for the owner of that car.
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      Editing … Well...they kind of held back on actually owning a car. Then again, those people were...hipster millennials. It's hard to explain. Lol.
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      Editing … Yeah, most of my friends drive cars. >_<
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