I\u2019ve been giving some more thought to VAT and can\u2019t help but think, given it\u2019s a tax on ordinary people\u2019s spending that if it has to exist, it should at least be at a rate that ordinary people can work out, like 10%. Let\u2019s face it, how many of you find it easy to work out what 17.5% of something is? I would also like to propose that all pet supplies are exempt for VAT and that dogs should be able to recover the VAT on all their purchases. It isn\u2019t as though we benefit from the EU. Where is our freedom of movement? We still have to show our passport and have all sorts of health tests as though we were any common alien. I hesitate to suggest there should be any exception made for cats, they can do their own campaigning.<\/p>\n
The wet white stuff seems to have vanished again and we are back to more normal weather, Actually that\u2019s not strictly true. The bit about the wet white stuff is true, but the sky is mysteriously blue rather than November grey, which Is quite a lot better as far as I\u2019m concerned.<\/p>\n
I need some new people to play with. The novelty of putting treats in my birthday toy seems to have worn off for my Mistress. Maybe if I hadn\u2019t made it look quite so easy I could have strung the enjoyment out for longer. I guess I didn\u2019t quite get the balance between the immediate showing off proving what a clever dog I am and the maintaining of my Mistress\u2019s interest in my progress. There are some things in which showing how good you are isn\u2019t always the best way forwards. I\u2019ve got a lot to learn!<\/p>\n
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