Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Why I feel really sorry for the super-rich

At some time or another most of us have thought that £1million or so would solve all our problems - so we still have our illusions.  However, it's obvious that money doesn't buy you contentment, because when you've got the money you still  have to skimp and save and it must be rather sad to find that out.

In London there is a development called One Hyde Park where the flats sell from about £3 million to £30 million, but only 9 of the 62 owners can afford to pay their Council Tax.

Not that it's exorbitant!  One case mentioned in Sundays' Observer cites £1375 per annum as the amount payable.  Mine, on a Band D 3-bedroom Edwardian semi in a back street of Croydon is £1459.93 and I manage to pay it.  Somebody should let them know that they don't have to pay it all at once, you can do it in 10 installments.  Of course my out-goings are lower - I don't have any bully-boy guards around the place, and the garage came with the house, not at £250,000 extra.

Though the Council does make some daft decisions, see yesterday's post, on the whole I am grateful to them for supplying schools, swimming pools, rubbish collection, libraries, parks and all the other things we take for granted and realize we all have to pay tax to cover. So I can hold my head high and don't have to hide in a tax haven when it comes to paying my whack.

Who wants to be a billionaire?  I don't!

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