It’s raining, it’s pouring, coffers overflowing. No doubt
you will all be aware of the ongoing chatter about the island’s so called
‘rainy day fund’. Those of you who were not aware of its existence may be
shocked to learn that the Shitheads States of Jersey are sitting on a
stockpile of your money. This money was stolen from you through taxation or
extorted from you with fixed penalty notices/fuel duty/GST/stamp duty/Jamaican
switch/whatever name they attach to the con.
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They are sitting on this stockpile of your money. It cannot
be put simpler that the theft of this money through the above means was not
‘justified’ insofar as government programs/schemes/scams could merit. There has
been a concerted effort to fuel this discussion, largely by the biased,
government ran toilet newspaper, the JEP. On the 11th July,
the headline read “Use rainy day fund to boost economy”, whilst the tagline in
the same article read “Chamber of Commerce call for a 2% cut in GST rate.” Both
of those headlines sound very promising indeed, don't they?
“Boost[ing]” the economy is needed as a matter of urgency.
We live in a time where unemployment is higher than it’s ever been, with many more on their way out in the very near future,
such as those in the fulfilment industry and even the Untouchables in the
finance ‘industry’. (Admittedly, this is a misnomer as the ‘industry’ produces
nothing but debt, they are only moneychangers and should be referred to as such
for clarity). Despite the positive wording the proposed “solution” in the
article is an outright con and potentially very dangerous indeed.
The president of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce, David Warr,
“wants urgent action to be taken to address the Island’s struggling economy and
rising unemployment levels.” Sounds good doesn't it? “He said that a reduction
in GST to three percent from the current 5% would make a huge difference to
firms struggling to survive and would give the Island’s economy a £30 million
boost.” So far I totally agree with him. Taxes such as GST are crippling the
economy, robbing the people and further entrenching and expanding government
intrusion into every facet of our daily lives. An effective 60% reduction in
GST is welcome by me and many, many thousands of islanders (except the ruling
political class).
As if by some sort of sick joke, this refreshing moment of
clarity and welcome change to the status quo of ‘all talk and no walk’, which
islanders have come to expect is followed by the most catastrophic of
anti-climaxes. The next sentence in the article, (in a paragraph of its own no
less) reads, “And he wants the States to use the Strategic Reserve to pay for
the tax cut.” So what the president of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce is saying
in the most basic terms is this;
“There’s a stockpile of islanders’ money. We [the oligarchy]
should use it to (1) line our pockets (2) line our friends’ pockets (3) waste
it (4) all of the above.” Option 4 is sadly what we have become indoctrinated
to accept as the norm. In addition to this, what he is saying is “We [the
oligarchy] should brag about how connected we are to the community and
dependable at responding to the will of the people to reduce this unwanted and
immoral tax, GST.” The JEP will run with this bs propaganda, as they routinely
do, islanders will welcome the reduction in tax and everyone will go back to
sleep. Problem solved, right? Not at all.
GST is a tax, which means you that money is given to the
government for no specific purpose, leaving the government to spend it on anything
at any time, without any input from you. If you believe in the Jersey
politicians’ promises, I almost feel sorry for you. Remember Mr “I won’t
increase GST to 5%” Ozouf’s campaign? What happened to GST? It went to 5%. Do
you get the picture now? What David Orr is proposing is “Tell the people they
are getting a tax cut, without actually giving it to them.” According to him,
GST would go down but there is no net gain in islanders’ pockets as the money
that would’ve been stolen at the till by the government had GST remained at 5%,
would instead be stolen in advance. Oh, and then the “rainy day fund” would be
gone.
What makes me even more incensed at this is that Warr openly
jokes about it. “They call it the rainy day fund. Well guess what – it’s
raining.” What an incredible piece of sick humour. “It’s raining outside, it’s
the shittest summer on record, its called a rainy day fund, so we’re gonna
openly take your money and your gonna thank us for doing so. You’ll even
re-elect us as your saviours.” AHAHAHA!!! Comic. Fucking. Genius.
To be continued…
