Sir, – I refer to the household charge of €100 for year April 1st, 2012 to March 2013. My sister living in Market HarboroughLeicestershire pays a council tax of £2,170 per annum, heretofore called rates. This charge is for bin collection, contributions to the fire authority, the police authority and the district council of Market Harbourough. There is an additional water rate on top of this.
She was baffled when I told her about the drama over our €100 household charge. Many people need a reality check. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Is there not something incongruous about a Government trying to browbeat its citizens into paying an unjust tax by insisting there can be no extension to the deadline for registration, while at the same time pleading for extra time to pay €3 billion due under a suspect agreement?
When a law is immoral and unjust, there is no obligation on anyone to obey it. If they do they fall into the “only obeying orders” category and recent history shows where that can lead. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – If the authorities pursue household charge defaulters with the same level of competence as has been shown in their investigations of rogue financiers then no one need worry too much. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Latest figures released by the agency tasked with collecting the household charge levy of €100 show that about 20 per cent of the 1.6 million households liable for the charge have to date paid. This inequitable tax, which takes no account of wealth or income of those levied, is clearly regarded by the vast majority of the citizens of the State as grossly unfair.
It is my view that when government acts contrary to the public good, then the public has the right to act contrary to government. I therefore intend to act contrary to the State’s demand for me to pay an inequitable household charge. I will not go against conscience even if the State demands it. – Yours, etc,