tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post7928384225415866811..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: The search for the elusive Poor Widow warms upMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-11229536217810296932015-04-22T19:56:43.730+01:002015-04-22T19:56:43.730+01:00"How many private renters have the luxury of ..."How many private renters have the luxury of having lived in the same place for 10 years???"<br /><br />The fact that the answer to that question is "not many" shows what a bollocks we have made of the tenancy arrangements in this country.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-23373794921657510972015-04-22T09:18:24.907+01:002015-04-22T09:18:24.907+01:00How many private renters have the luxury of having...How many private renters have the luxury of having lived in the same place for 10 years??? Especially those that are hard working and tax gouged, which you have to be to afford rents in any decent area.mombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-60625245552961331642015-04-21T21:52:18.160+01:002015-04-21T21:52:18.160+01:00PWIM's are not an argument against the proposa...PWIM's are not an argument against the proposal, as any changes to property taxes will only adversely affect current owners of said mansions. Not future ones.<br /><br />PWIMS are therefore only a transitional issue, and how that is dealt with is an entirely separate topic from the merits/de-merits of LVT, Mansion Tax etc.<br /><br />Once you let them conflate these two issues, you are on the back foot.<br /><br />Don't give them an inch. Ever.<br />benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-20056516133329053262015-04-21T20:23:47.806+01:002015-04-21T20:23:47.806+01:00B, I refer you to Ben Elton's comments.B, I refer you to Ben Elton's comments.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-83205938887761569162015-04-21T20:18:45.904+01:002015-04-21T20:18:45.904+01:00Mylene Klass thinks she knows enough to use as a h...Mylene Klass thinks she knows enough to use as a human shield.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-86878194948290231062015-04-21T18:54:43.372+01:002015-04-21T18:54:43.372+01:00R, good one. I did some workings once that anybody...R, good one. I did some workings once that anybody who bought more than 15 years ago is cash positive as a result. And that's ignoring capital gains, which are only on paper.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-59686712032814816922015-04-21T17:58:32.952+01:002015-04-21T17:58:32.952+01:00This does not make any sense. The longer someone h...This does not make any sense. The longer someone has been in the house, the more saved in rent.Randomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445772572707818311noreply@blogger.com