Posts for Tag: theft
Tax Tyranny - Alphonse Faggiolo
Man asks valid question: “why am I taxed on the solar energy that I generate myself?”
A man who designed and built his own home especially so that he wouldn’t have to pay tax on his energy bills has had to do exactly that.
Kris Currie had a dream of going off-grid and went about finding how he could transform his home into an energy-creating complex.
He built his house in New Dominion, P.E.I. (Prince Edward Island), Canada so that every aspect of it was designed to create energy. He dreamt of not paying any money to the government for energy that he planned to make all himself. [Full article]
The spider’s web; Britain’s second empire
At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth is hidden in British jurisdictions and Britain and its dependencies are the largest global players in the world of international finance.
Jailed for life for minor crimes: the UK’s forgotten prisoners