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TALKIN' DAVE AND GEORGE BLUES

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I dreamt a dream in which we gave

The bum’s rush to that George and Dave;

Our possee chased them up and down

We chased those varmints out of town;

 

You couldn’t see them prairie dogs for dust.

 

Says Dave to George, “What we got planned?”

Says George, “We’re off to Switzerland”.

That swag that we have both been saving

Is salted in a Swiss tax haven;

 

And what’s more HMRC are thick as thieves with HSBC.

I’ve been busy, Dave!”

 

But in the desert sun they flag

Their hosses’ hooves begin to drag

Says George, “My horse won’t make this trip”.

Says Dave, “Well use my three-line whip”.

The possee’s boss though is no ass

“We’ll head ‘em off, boys, at the pass”

 

This’s how they talk down south

(Luton and such-like)

 

Their parlamentray privilege

Don’t cut no ice at Dead Man’s Ridge

“The two of you’s under arrest

As leaders of that viper’s nest”

So Dave and George are doomed to fail

And both end up in Tombstone Jail

 

The press are quickly on their cases

Next day’s papers show their faces

And not just in the Morning Star’s

Do they peer out through prison bars

 

And in my dream I note the day –

The paper’s date – the 8th of May.

 

Live the dream.  You c’n make it happen if’n ya wanna.

◄ SUNNY AFTERNOON

....that ever I'll get back. ►

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John Coopey

Sun 22nd Feb 2015 15:34

Good point, MC. It hadn't occurred to me that those savings had already had tax paid on them when they had been earned. Nevertheless I am still more relaxed over tax avoidance (as opposed to evasion) simply because someone gets bigger gulps of air than me. I buy into fairness but not envy.

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 22nd Feb 2015 12:21

The likes of ISAs, PEPs, TESSAs, Premium
Bonds and winnings from gaming/gambling
can be excluded from any breast-beating when one accepts that involvement in them
is invariably from income already taxed -
via PAYE.
The manipulation of BIG money between business
and private income needs rather more appropriate
attention and that is what we supposedly pay
the likes of HMRC to sort out, within the
constraints placed upon it by the laws conjured up
by Parliament, aided and abetted by the
numerous members of the legal profession
to be found there.

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John Coopey

Fri 20th Feb 2015 22:49

Hello Harry,
Thanks for your thoughts.
I am a bit more ambivalent about tax avoidance. We all do it and are encouraged to do it. Charity shop Gift Aid, Premium Bonds, NSI Certificates, ISAs etc. So I can't get exercised just because somebody with more brass than me does it.
But from what I've read this seems to be clear tax evasion, with HMRC turning a blind eye to it. I do get exercised by that.

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Harry O'Neill

Fri 20th Feb 2015 21:40

John,
Reading something today made me think of this. It is absolutely amazing the number of former leaders of
the financial institutions who were swindling the system end up in government positions intended to fix it. I know all about the `poacher turned gamekeeper` situation, but it seems to argue that there is not enough knowledge or experience in government for them to do it for themselves...If this is so it needs to be sorted out quickly, before we all go down the cooey.

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John Coopey

Thu 19th Feb 2015 15:21

Not by the balls it isn't, Anthony.

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Anthony Emmerson

Thu 19th Feb 2015 15:14

Hangin's too good for 'em. Nice one JC:)

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John Coopey

Thu 19th Feb 2015 14:13

And I'm nearly there too, Philip.

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John Coopey

Tue 17th Feb 2015 19:45

You're right, MC. They don't take any prisoners in those parliamentary committees.

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 17th Feb 2015 13:23

This is fun!
Recently, I tuned in to an early morning programme on the BBC Parliamentary TV
Channel and was entertained and informed by a speech from the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee - Margaret
Hodge MP - about the work of the committee and how it could be obstructed
by action & inaction from those
who should be serving the public
interest watching over expenditure from the public purse. It could have been titled "Ducking and Diving"!
This was fascinating stuff and in this politically left-leaning lady the public have a doughty no-nonsense champion.

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that bloody poet

Tue 17th Feb 2015 04:28

Yeah, that's the guy! But I hadn't heard the recording yet. When I heard it I actually got a soul vibe. Thanks for taking it there, bro.

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John Coopey

Mon 16th Feb 2015 23:52

Do you mean Donkey Oti?

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that bloody poet

Mon 16th Feb 2015 23:19

Omg, i don't know what to say, but it made me laugh a bit! Reminded me of Don Quijote. :)

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