The green energy policy of the UK’s McBroon Government is blowing in the wind and future generations will finish up paying through the nose for their heat and light with over-50s reverting to candle power and peat logs... All those wind farms on hilltops and wave tops are costing the earth to construct and maintain as, meanwhile, the nuclear option still has many queries as to its future.
McBroon sort of admits “going green” costs more, but denies the bills will be picked up by the British taxpayer, as has been the case with most things he and his Celtic cohorts dream up. Like nationalising banks, railways and much else going broke in badly run Britain.
That is what you get with Socialism. Dreamers, not realists. It’s now the same in Spain where the prime minister Zapatero is a socialist dreamer with no sense of reality about the long term impact of his green policies on Spain and its people.
In the country with 300 days of sunshine a year, he has forsaken solar for wind farms and, like McBroon boasts of being the European leader in this method of power generation. As in the UK, the nuclear option is being downplayed, leaving nuclear leader, France to flog its spare output to both countries when domestic supplies cannot cope.
Both leaders are taking their countries back to a culture of reliance on the state for everything, with the taxpayers and corporate sector picking up the bill for this outdated idealism. Drive from Gibraltar into Spain's windy corner near Tarifa and see the environmental damage caused by serried ranks of giant wind propellers.
It’s a pity they don’t get together and exchange notes. Zap might then tell McBroon of the problems with contrary wind power they both currently subsidise heavily. Like, it doesn’t always blow to match peak output requirements; it’s electricity cannot be stored at times of low demand and it costs far more than nuclear generation.
Luckily both are likely to be relegated permanently to Dream Land next year when their policies are voted on by the electorates of both countries.
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20 July 2009
15 May 2009
Take a tax break in Spain...
The anger of the British public bubbled over when Housing Minister, Margaret Becket tried to defend herself, fellow ministers and MPs on television over the expenses scandal and again hours later when new figures showed housing repossessions were up 50% and mortgage arrears up 62% - despite the “help” provided the McBroon Government.
Yet another McBroon failed initiative as 1,000 families a week are turfed out of their homes as a result of banker greed and sheer incompetence of the McBroon Government. MPs handed millions for kitting out their second homes, while British families struggle to pay the mortgage in a recession caused by the McBroons.
British over-50s are thinking it’s time to get out as they realise they will be paying in increased taxes until Retirement Day. Also thinking of quitting are many of the wealth generators after the punishment handed out to them in the latest McBroon Budget:
The international lawyer, Mark Wilkins has suggested Brit high earners might consider an even better lifestyle in Spain –“A country where the tax regime does not seem to be fuelled by the politics of envy. A country that is some three hours from office desk to home office, has exceptional road, transport and health infrastructure, some of the best golf courses on the planet, as much beach as you and your kids can dream of, schooling that sits head and shoulders above many of its UK Ofsted counterparts…”
He also points to an average of 325 days of sun a year and an average summer coastal temperature of 36 degrees, a current property market offering real value for money and an EU recognised initiative to ensure that previous planning uncertainties are a thing of the past.
Mark Wilkins outlines the tax position. “Spain has as its highest income tax rate – a 43% ceiling, applicable to earnings in excess of €53,407.
“Wealth tax has been effectively abolished in Spain and the personal allowances for all resident earners – regardless of earnings - vary from €8,551 for a joint declaration to a cumulative child allowance that rises with the 4th child to €4,182. Consequently, in addition to a saving on income tax of 7%, it seems in cash terms earning £150,000 and electing Spain as your tax residency may well leave you, under the current Spanish regime, materially better off."
If that is a lifestyle decision you want to investigate, start with Libertad, a tax break purchase method that helps keep family money in the family. The Sun newspaper reviewed Libertad in detail and the latest Spanish property bargains can be found online.
Yet another McBroon failed initiative as 1,000 families a week are turfed out of their homes as a result of banker greed and sheer incompetence of the McBroon Government. MPs handed millions for kitting out their second homes, while British families struggle to pay the mortgage in a recession caused by the McBroons.
British over-50s are thinking it’s time to get out as they realise they will be paying in increased taxes until Retirement Day. Also thinking of quitting are many of the wealth generators after the punishment handed out to them in the latest McBroon Budget:
- New top rate of income tax at 50% for those earning over £150,000;
- Loss of personal allowances for those earning over £100,000;
- Levying a basic rate only relief on pension contributions over £150,000.
The international lawyer, Mark Wilkins has suggested Brit high earners might consider an even better lifestyle in Spain –“A country where the tax regime does not seem to be fuelled by the politics of envy. A country that is some three hours from office desk to home office, has exceptional road, transport and health infrastructure, some of the best golf courses on the planet, as much beach as you and your kids can dream of, schooling that sits head and shoulders above many of its UK Ofsted counterparts…”
He also points to an average of 325 days of sun a year and an average summer coastal temperature of 36 degrees, a current property market offering real value for money and an EU recognised initiative to ensure that previous planning uncertainties are a thing of the past.
Mark Wilkins outlines the tax position. “Spain has as its highest income tax rate – a 43% ceiling, applicable to earnings in excess of €53,407.
“Wealth tax has been effectively abolished in Spain and the personal allowances for all resident earners – regardless of earnings - vary from €8,551 for a joint declaration to a cumulative child allowance that rises with the 4th child to €4,182. Consequently, in addition to a saving on income tax of 7%, it seems in cash terms earning £150,000 and electing Spain as your tax residency may well leave you, under the current Spanish regime, materially better off."
If that is a lifestyle decision you want to investigate, start with Libertad, a tax break purchase method that helps keep family money in the family. The Sun newspaper reviewed Libertad in detail and the latest Spanish property bargains can be found online.
13 May 2009
Gov. boost for property in Spain
As the McBroons shed their crocodile tears over being found out on dodgy expenses and go on the telly waving repayment cheques to reconnect with the voters - so they are not X-outed at the next election - it’s clear that the head of the bandit clan himself is to blame for the fiasco.
McBroon was in charge of the economy for ten years and so-called in charge of the country for two years and the unspeakable Mick Martin was in charge of the House of Commons for this current Parliament allowing the buying spree of MPs. Brit taxpayers are suffering from the antics of this useless pair.
Another catalogue of fiscal failures to heap upon the many that have blighted Britain and surely to be followed by McBroon failure at future elections, starting with the European and local elections next month.
Unlike McBroon, who has failed to say “Sorry” for his ministerial failures, his equivalent, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero admitted that his government had erred in managing the country’s deepening recession. “It is obvious that the government made mistakes in its forecasts,” the socialist premier said during the annual parliamentary debate on the state of the nation.
Wow, words we have yet to hear on these shores?
But then Snr Zapatero, revealed, among a list of new economic stimuli, the removal of tax breaks on mortgages as a way of future control of the housing market, but effectively a great incentive for folks to rush out and buy now - before the threat becomes real in 2011.
Like McBroon, the Spaniard faces the electorate on 07 June with the EU elections and, as in the UK, serious consequences are likely. His other incentives included tax cuts to small and medium-size companies which maintained or increased employment, incentives to car purchases, measures to stimulate the property market, and cutting government spending by a billion euros.
Those measures can be helpful to over-50s British buyers of property in Spain, using the Libertad tax break and co-ownership deals on offer from leading specialists in the market and Spanish banks.
McBroon was in charge of the economy for ten years and so-called in charge of the country for two years and the unspeakable Mick Martin was in charge of the House of Commons for this current Parliament allowing the buying spree of MPs. Brit taxpayers are suffering from the antics of this useless pair.
Another catalogue of fiscal failures to heap upon the many that have blighted Britain and surely to be followed by McBroon failure at future elections, starting with the European and local elections next month.
Unlike McBroon, who has failed to say “Sorry” for his ministerial failures, his equivalent, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero admitted that his government had erred in managing the country’s deepening recession. “It is obvious that the government made mistakes in its forecasts,” the socialist premier said during the annual parliamentary debate on the state of the nation.
Wow, words we have yet to hear on these shores?
But then Snr Zapatero, revealed, among a list of new economic stimuli, the removal of tax breaks on mortgages as a way of future control of the housing market, but effectively a great incentive for folks to rush out and buy now - before the threat becomes real in 2011.
Like McBroon, the Spaniard faces the electorate on 07 June with the EU elections and, as in the UK, serious consequences are likely. His other incentives included tax cuts to small and medium-size companies which maintained or increased employment, incentives to car purchases, measures to stimulate the property market, and cutting government spending by a billion euros.
Those measures can be helpful to over-50s British buyers of property in Spain, using the Libertad tax break and co-ownership deals on offer from leading specialists in the market and Spanish banks.
5 July 2008
Ups and Downs for Spain and Property
The ups and downs of Spain’s property driven economy were highlighted when Prime Minister Zapatero demanded that the European Central Bank help out by lowering the Eurobor interest rate but the ECB President told him to mind his own business and promptly raised it for the first time in a year…
The ECB wants European workers to bear the brunt of the growing economic crisis of rising energy and food prices, while the Spanish Government wants to protect the country’s construction industry that has been busy boosting the economy for the last decade and is now shedding high prices and jobs.
As 98% of mortgages in the country are linked to the Eurobor rate, Spanish households are in for some belt tightening – just like their counterparts in the UK and the US. Brit buyers seeking that dream home in the sun are going to be paying more if they need a hefty mortgage, but mortgage broker, Alberto Linares points out this is still a lot less than the rate they are paying on the UK homes.
With a wide choice of key ready homes to choose from, British buyers will still find it easier to buy in Spain than in the UK and specialist websites like http://www.propertyinspain.net/ are offering 30% discounts on completed homes and 50% on bank repossessions – and have official valuations to wave in front of eager buyers.
A case of seller’s downbeat despair becoming buyers upbeat delight…
The ECB wants European workers to bear the brunt of the growing economic crisis of rising energy and food prices, while the Spanish Government wants to protect the country’s construction industry that has been busy boosting the economy for the last decade and is now shedding high prices and jobs.
As 98% of mortgages in the country are linked to the Eurobor rate, Spanish households are in for some belt tightening – just like their counterparts in the UK and the US. Brit buyers seeking that dream home in the sun are going to be paying more if they need a hefty mortgage, but mortgage broker, Alberto Linares points out this is still a lot less than the rate they are paying on the UK homes.
With a wide choice of key ready homes to choose from, British buyers will still find it easier to buy in Spain than in the UK and specialist websites like http://www.propertyinspain.net/ are offering 30% discounts on completed homes and 50% on bank repossessions – and have official valuations to wave in front of eager buyers.
A case of seller’s downbeat despair becoming buyers upbeat delight…
17 June 2008
Going's good for pensioners in Spain
Every reduction in the Pound’s bank rate announced by the Bank of England is welcomed by mortgage borrowers struggling to pay today’s bills, but is unwelcome to pensioners struggling to pay today’s bills and those coming each week to the end of their lives…
The lowest bank rate for 50 years, maybe, but ironic to the only people in Britain who can remember it - because it doesn’t help them at all. They can’t live off the State pension, while their private pension or annuity depends on good numbers from public companies whose recessional profits are sinking fast.Rip-off Britain, where everything seems to cost much more compared with America and G8 countries, is getting cheaper on the High Street as stores struggle to survive.
Come the end of the recession and the shop prices will go back up, along with VAT, National Insurance contributions, personal tax, green taxes, insurance premiums, motoring and travel costs. This will create an even bigger dilemma for pensioners, whose savings and pensions have already been decimated and when too old and too ill for much else, throw themselves on the mercy of the National Health or local authority care of the elderly services.
More pensioners than ever are looking at quitting unaffordable Britain and most of them are exploring prospects in Spain where the cost of living is one third lower, life is slower and diet is healthier with people living longer a result.
Motoring, housing and heating costs are half those of the UK and amenities for oldsters are often better, specially in the new breed of activity resorts for the over 50s that combine health clinics, spa and slow sports with easy to run homes designed for immobility present or future. All this and 300 days of sunshine a year, cheap flights back to Blighty when necessary and UK state pension collectable in full from the nearest Spanish post office or bank.
2009 is looking like the best year yet to buy a nice house for retirement or semi retirement in Spain as the prices have sagged to the levels of five years ago and if you need a top-up mortgage, the bargain prices should ensure low, affordable repayments.
Downsize, sell-up completely or rent out the place in UK to produce cash to fund a Spanish purchase or pay the Euro mortgage. Many retirees thinking seriously about the prospect talk to PropertyInSpain.Net who have 1,000s of suitable “retirement” properties and helpful affiliates across Spain and good contacts with Spanish banks.
Look at your financial situation and if unconvinced on the viability of your future in the UK, get out while the going’s good, enjoy sunnier days and a lifestyle that helps people live happier longer.
The lowest bank rate for 50 years, maybe, but ironic to the only people in Britain who can remember it - because it doesn’t help them at all. They can’t live off the State pension, while their private pension or annuity depends on good numbers from public companies whose recessional profits are sinking fast.Rip-off Britain, where everything seems to cost much more compared with America and G8 countries, is getting cheaper on the High Street as stores struggle to survive.
Come the end of the recession and the shop prices will go back up, along with VAT, National Insurance contributions, personal tax, green taxes, insurance premiums, motoring and travel costs. This will create an even bigger dilemma for pensioners, whose savings and pensions have already been decimated and when too old and too ill for much else, throw themselves on the mercy of the National Health or local authority care of the elderly services.
More pensioners than ever are looking at quitting unaffordable Britain and most of them are exploring prospects in Spain where the cost of living is one third lower, life is slower and diet is healthier with people living longer a result.
Motoring, housing and heating costs are half those of the UK and amenities for oldsters are often better, specially in the new breed of activity resorts for the over 50s that combine health clinics, spa and slow sports with easy to run homes designed for immobility present or future. All this and 300 days of sunshine a year, cheap flights back to Blighty when necessary and UK state pension collectable in full from the nearest Spanish post office or bank.
2009 is looking like the best year yet to buy a nice house for retirement or semi retirement in Spain as the prices have sagged to the levels of five years ago and if you need a top-up mortgage, the bargain prices should ensure low, affordable repayments.
Downsize, sell-up completely or rent out the place in UK to produce cash to fund a Spanish purchase or pay the Euro mortgage. Many retirees thinking seriously about the prospect talk to PropertyInSpain.Net who have 1,000s of suitable “retirement” properties and helpful affiliates across Spain and good contacts with Spanish banks.
Look at your financial situation and if unconvinced on the viability of your future in the UK, get out while the going’s good, enjoy sunnier days and a lifestyle that helps people live happier longer.
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