Friday, April 14, 2006

Tax Freedom Day last year

On the most apalling day weather-wise we set up a series of signs along the Esplanade, Petone, where the traffic crawls through at peak time. Here's the first;

...followed by example after example of government profligacy (spoilt for choice);



We made the Newstalkzb News and a Herald photographer took some shots. He said he couldn't resist coming down, after hearing my call to the radio, to see what sort of nuts would be protesting in a southerly storm. Committed ones.


Me and Gavin.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you're not happy paying the bills of Empire, you could try living at the other end of the Imperial spectrum.

Perhaps a tax-free existence in rural Afghanistan might tickle your fancy.

Anonymous said...

Nice one Ruth...right up there with "if you don't want to be raped don't be a Woman."

Anonymous said...

If Ruth is happy to pay unsolicited bills, perhaps she might be happy to pay mine. Now if she will give me her address......