tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667039295268759670.post7180287847375155624..comments2023-08-21T10:31:37.251+01:00Comments on Jersey Libertarian: Fred Clarke, St Helier's greatest ever ConstableDarius Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207593799348887450noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667039295268759670.post-83899130720979759242012-12-21T07:15:23.298+00:002012-12-21T07:15:23.298+00:00The greatest ever Constable! Now that's a subs...The greatest ever Constable! Now that's a substantial claim among political giants - and who has the tallest obelisk?<br />Such issues and many more will be paraded on 28 September 2013 when the whole Island celebrates - for the very first time - "Jersey Reform Day" - and YOU can be there.<br />See<br />www.tomgruchy.blogspot.com<br />and plan for your participation NOW!<br />End of advert.<br />Have a good holiday - Tom.<br />Tom Gruchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384387998228996741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667039295268759670.post-84762669974929549442012-12-20T22:41:15.564+00:002012-12-20T22:41:15.564+00:00We also pay social security tax, a tax which is go...We also pay social security tax, a tax which is going up next year. We now pay 4% inheritance tax (also called stamp duty) and look for this to rise. Our statutes are so ridiculously restrictive that they are really just another form of taxation.<br /><br />Looking at what is happening in finance I don't quite agree, they did undoubtedly kill off the tourism industry with landing taxes to fund £100,000 jobs for civil servants, they put hotels out of business by setting ridiculously increased standards in a short period of time when it should have been left to customers to decide what sort of hotels they wished to stay in.<br /><br />The finance industry did financially support the expansion and over-payment of civil servants for a number of years but now they have milked the finance cow so hard that it is beginning to run dry, unfortunately the ambition of civil servants to expand the bureaucracy has not diminished and so it is the people of Jersey who are now being bled dry.<br /><br />The finance industry did also fuel the house price increase with cheap mortgages for their staff.<br /><br />However, see the recent news that the JFSC will issue 'civil fines' to finance companies, that they unfairly target small finance companies, etc., etc. The bureaucracy has only ever been interested in supporting its own growth.<br /><br />Bureaucracy increases to support the ever increasing needs of the bureaucracy.Darius Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207593799348887450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667039295268759670.post-90820414291065135022012-12-20T09:44:53.606+00:002012-12-20T09:44:53.606+00:00We pay three taxes, GST, Income, and user pays. Th...We pay three taxes, GST, Income, and user pays. The general population who used to be served by public sector became managed when user pays was instigated. Now it is not how can we help and do the best we can do, the new way is how much money can we get of you to keep our wages coming in.<br /><br />An absolute scandal fuelled by weak and corrupt politicians.<br /><br />You mention Darius businessmen in the States, did you notice in the days of tourism, they had business interest in Tourism and then those interests changed to supporting finance. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com