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Billy Bragg Threatens Tax Boycott Over Bank Bonuses
- Posted on Jan 19th 2010 4:53AM by Julian Marszalek
Singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg has announced that he is to refuse paying his tax unless the government curbs what he sees as "excessive" bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Having launched a Facebook campaign, he is urging anyone who is due to pay their income tax by Jan. 31 to withhold the amount in protest.The bank, which is 84% owned by the British taxpayer after it was bailed out by the Treasury, is likely to pay its investment bankers up to £1.5bn ($2.4m) in bonuses.
Writing on Facebook, Bragg said, "I understand that the Treasury had little choice but to use taxpayers' money to safeguard savings and stabilise and restore confidence in the financial system.
"What I don't understand is why, now that we taxpayers are the majority shareholders of these banks, we seem totally powerless to curb their excessive bonus culture?"
He continued, "I have written to the chancellor of the exchequer, Alistair Darling, to inform him that I am no longer prepared to fund the excessive bonuses of RBS investment bankers. Unless he acts to limit them to £25,000, I shall be withholding my tax payment on Jan. 31"
A spokesperson for The Treasury responded, "There will not be big bonuses paid with taxpayers' money at RBS. Taxpayers' capital will be completely protected."
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There is no law to say we have to pay income tax.
Wake up people.
Here's a challenge for you. Find the the income tax law. Not an act, not a statute but the law. It does not exist.
By the way the statute laws we are bound by have to obtain your consent. You can outright refuse them and say I don not agree with your contract.
Go to google and do some research. Try fmotl.com to start with. We, as living flesh and blood human beings are bound by the law of the land which includes breach of the peace and causing harm, injury or loss to another. Every other "law" is the law of the sea (Admiralty law). Seriously. Look it up.
To understand this you have to realise you have 2 names. The state own one of them. This is the name they prosecute you on with the statute laws. Look up your STRAWMAN name. The one in all capital letters. Don't believe me? Check anything from the state, eg national insurance number, drivers licence etc. You'll find your name is written in CAPITAL LETTERS. This is the starwman which was created when you were registered at birth. Also check any legal letters and bank statements.
Face up to the fact that the government own your name. It's one huge scam and it's all about money. Commerce. the law of the sea.
Protect yourself from what's coming. Learn the difference between your 2 names. Your living flesh and blood name eg "John Smith" and your strawman, eg JOHN SMITH.
Do you want to take the red pill or the blue pill.
archie finlayson
Well done Billy. I have been battling with HBOS on the same thing as they think that, after the supreme court decision, they can do what they like.They used a part of the taxpayer's bail out money to beat their customers in court. Justice? Investigative media seem to have given up as apathy has set in.Has anyone seen the business plan showing exactly how the banks will pay back their debt, charges, interest rates ? Bet their not the same as charged to their customers.
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