A bird's eye view of the vineyard
Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb
The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?
What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are
Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of
The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by
The Saker >>
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony
Public Inquiry >>
Promoting Human Rights in IrelandHuman Rights in Ireland >>
News Round-Up Sun May 04, 2025 00:19 | Will Jones
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
All New Vaccines in US to Undergo Placebo Testing, Orders Robert F. Kennedy Jr Sat May 03, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
All new vaccines in the US are to undergo placebo testing instead of being tested only against other vaccines or drugs, under instructions from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The post All New Vaccines in US to Undergo Placebo Testing, Orders Robert F. Kennedy Jr appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Net Zero Subsidies Cost British Households ?280 a Year Sat May 03, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Britain?s green energy subsidies have added an estimated ?280 to?households' energy bills, research has found ? despite Ed Miliband pledging at the election to cut bills by ?300.
The post Net Zero Subsidies Cost British Households ?280 a Year appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Benefits Claims by Refugee Households Surge Past ?1 Billion Mark Sat May 03, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Benefits claims by refugee households have increased by 33% in a year as costs surge above ?1 billion for the first time, Government data show ? and that's before the recent record small boats arrivals begin to claim.
The post Benefits Claims by Refugee Households Surge Past ?1 Billion Mark appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
How the BBC Pushed Reform?s Triumph Down the Running Order and Set the News Agenda Sat May 03, 2025 11:00 | Sallust
Reform repainted the political landscape on Friday, but by the evening the BBC had already replaced the story at the top of the headlines with something about Harry moaning. Will the BBC ever get its priorities right?
The post How the BBC Pushed Reform’s Triumph Down the Running Order and Set the News Agenda appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Lockdown Skeptics >>
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (3 of 3)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3Looks like McLoone, Begg and O'Connor are falling over themselves to 'do a deal'. If they do what'll the reaction be?
Here is a message from Paddy Healy, chair of the National Public Service Alliance
ICTU Sell-out on way!
Public service trade unionists were shocked to hear Peter McClune, Chair of Public Services Committee, ICTU, announce that he was about to negotiate a cut of 1.3 billion in the public service pay bill as we left the picket lines.. Some were even more shocked to hear Jack O Connor, President of both Siptu and ICTU, repeat the McClune mantra that we must do vastly more with less resources in his Markewicz Lecture. There has been no denial of the quote in Irish Times which has Jack O Connor saying that pay rose too steeply during the boom at an ICTU seminar.
ICTU has no mandate to negotiate cuts in public service pay and cuts in public service provision. Trade unionists should campaign for the resignation of any trade union leader who advocates such capitulatory policies.
The vast majority of citizens support increased taxation of the wealthy as demonstrated in recent opinion polls.
As George Lee asserted at McGill Summer School, most of the money borrowed from foreign banks is still in the country.
There is a simple way of collecting it which is in operation in many countries throughout the world. It is called Wealth Tax or Assets Tax. This can be designed to exclude family home and farmland. Why not an emergency “patriotic” contribution from the rich to tide the country over coming year?
I append below an outline of the French Wealth Tax System which is available on internet
If cuts in public service pay and public service provision go ahead, we must prepare the biggest and most effective campaign ever mounted leading into the next general election.
Paddy Healy, School of Physics DIT , paddy.healy@eircom.net m 086-4183732
French Wealth Tax (ISF)Updated 2009
TAXABLE ASSETS
French Wealth Tax is payable on net assets above 790000€ held on 1st January. French residents must include all worldwide assets and send in their declaration and payment by 15th June.
"Non-residents" with property in France are only liable for wealth tax on assets phyisically situated in France (therefore excluding purely financial investments) and have slightly longer to declare (17th July for Europeans and 31st August for non Europeans). Residency is defined by French law and is not simply a matter of being present for 183 days. If in doubt, please contact us.
The French parliament has agreed partial exemption for five years from French wealth tax for most people moving to France after 6th August 2008. This is part of the Loi de la Modernisation de l'Economie approved during summer 2008 (when most French were away on holiday!). Amongst other objectives this law aims to encourage high-earning professionals to move to France. The ISF exemption is similar to the existing US treaty and the proposed Anglo-French treaty - although the latter is still awaiting approval. The exemption only covers assets outside France, so careful financial planning is necessary. Newcomers may now prefer to choose appropriate foreign assets that fall under favorable French tax rules - but beware of the additional costs of living off foreign assets... Please contact us for full details.
Assets must be consolidated for all members of the household. Couples must make a joint declaration whether married or not. Assets held by children below 18 years of age must also included.
Assets include
- Land & buildings (Principal & secondary residences, rental property, ...)
- Financial investments (quoted & unquoted stocks & shares, bank accounts, ...)
- Jewellery and precious stones
- Furniture
- Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Aeroplanes, ...
Even if you are not the owner, simply having the right to live somewhere or receive income can be enough to make you liable on the capital value.If you own shares in a property company (eg SCI), your declaration is based on the value of the underlying property.
WEALTH TAX RATES
To calculate the tax, add up the total value of assets for the household and deduct all outstanding debts and overdrafts as at 1st January. You then apply the rates from the following table:
The 2009 tax bands for ISF are
- to 790000€ 0%
- 790,000 to 1,280,000€ 0.55 %
- 1,280,000 to 2,520,000€ 0.75 %
- 2,520,000 to 3,960,000€ 1.00 %
- 3,960,000 to 7,570,000€ 1.30 %
- 7,570,000 to 16,480,000€ 1.65 %
above 16,480,000€ 1.80 %
B*stards