tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post113500936331731945..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two..Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1135287820748201082005-12-22T21:43:00.000+00:002005-12-22T21:43:00.000+00:00Can we say "conflict of interest"...Can we say "conflict of interest"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1135103104859370462005-12-20T18:25:00.000+00:002005-12-20T18:25:00.000+00:00spiv said:"Our politicians are becoming just as un...spiv said:<BR/><BR/>"Our politicians are becoming just as unscrupulous as the criminals!!! "<BR/><BR/>On the contrary, I think it the other way around.<BR/><BR/>The Chancer of the Exchequer daily offers a public Masterclass in the ways of theft and fraud and the very public use of entrapment methods related to, for example, speed cameras, have enshrined the principles of creating 'criminals' in order to fleece tham of part of their remaining assets post Chancer and chums.<BR/><BR/>Any excuse that can be spun on the web of fear will do as far as these amoral rogues are concerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1135102995468854802005-12-20T18:23:00.000+00:002005-12-20T18:23:00.000+00:00SpivI couldn't agree with you more.wrt tax, absolu...Spiv<BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree with you more.<BR/><BR/>wrt tax, absolutely correct; the current regime now assumes guilt, and expects the hapless tax payer to prove their innocence.<BR/><BR/>Once that has been done, the tax payer gets no apology or compensation for the time and effort expended in proving their innocence.<BR/><BR/>Money laundering, don't even start me on that! <BR/><BR/>In theory you can be reported for money laundering if you take so much as one paperclip from the office stationery cupboard.<BR/><BR/>Laws are now being made and enforced by half wits, with no interest in the consequences of their "initiatives".<BR/><BR/>Some poor sod is going to have to unpick this mess one day!<BR/><BR/>KenKen Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1135094355516850362005-12-20T15:59:00.000+00:002005-12-20T15:59:00.000+00:00When I watched the atrocities of the terrorists sm...When I watched the atrocities of the terrorists smashing into the twin towers in America, and recoiled in loathing of these people, little than did I realise that it presented the UK and American Governments with the greatest solution to their wish to erode our civil liberties and rights, under the banner of terrorism and serious crime.<BR/><BR/>As we relentlessley move towards a totalitarian police state, we can see that we are all becoming guilty until proving ourselves innocent. Soon, it will be up to us to prove where we were and what we were doing at the time of a crime, and not the other way round. We already have this concept established in the world of taxation - as anyone who works in that field will vouch for.<BR/><BR/>However, troubled and repulsed (with the politicians who move us in this direction) as I am by these developments, there also seems to be a complete contradiction as with the legal suggestions today to downgrade the term 'murder', and also with the recent moves to downgrade the claasses of drugs.<BR/><BR/>The words 'money laundering' have, since the crimes of the twin towers atrocities, now been linked to the monetary proceeds of any crime, no matter how small or trivial, and we have a whole network of lawyers, accountants, estate agents, insurance salesmen and other professionals, acting as unwilling Government grasses and stooges, having to report all proceeds of crime, no matter how small, to NCIS.<BR/><BR/>What is needed in this country are politicians who are tough on crime in the sense of tougher sentences for those found guilty of a serious crime, not simply assuming that a wad of cash must be an ill gotten gain, so steal it<BR/><BR/>Our politicians are becoming just as unscrupulous as the criminals!!!spivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404364711838124485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1135080403079847382005-12-20T12:06:00.000+00:002005-12-20T12:06:00.000+00:00Hmmm... my grandparents used to keep more than 1k ...Hmmm... my grandparents used to keep more than 1k around the house. As it had been saved a bit at a time, I suspect they would be unable to account for its origins. So I would advise old folks not to mention to crime prevention officers how much they keep in cash....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com