£ island - Public Health Announcement

Dylan Smith wrote:

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You're not from Bedford originally, are you - mum's name Christine? My
ma used to childmind a kid called Dylan Smith many moons ago, he'd be
about 40 now.

 

Well what has been happening for all the other nationality racers?
seems to me the UK types will just fall into the same bucket.

 

What exactly did you think was was going to happen eventually when the
IoM started to cave into Westminster? It's been death of a 1000 cuts.

 

The health thing was going on for at least a few months before the Customs thing in
any case - the Customs thing was just something to be added to the recent financial
woes for IOM residents of normal means.

 

Come on, this *is* usenet

I'd have to admit it's more of a guess - but in the case of the hospital
we already must consider that most of the money is already spent - the
buildings are there regardless of the TT, the doctors would still be there,
the nursing staff etc.

Non-competitors who bin their bike on Mad Sunday are likely to be covered
by their motor insurance anyway for the 3rd party claim the IOM health
service may have to make. That leaves competitors. They generally don't
languish in Nobles - they are repatriated once their immediate injuries
have been treated - so the cost in terms of healt provision boils down
to the marginal cost (overtime, any extra doctors that have to work the
fortnight) that would be needed to cover competitors injuries.

 

I've not reached 40, and I've spent exactly 8 hours in Bedford in my
entire life. Sorry

 

<sigh>
another know nothing youngster.......

 

To improve pay (for state funded work), you need to increase taxes.

For the private sector, you need to increase cost to customer.

 

But its all only theory, I want to see *real* numbers, I can make up
figures as well.

I think it is 100,000 visitors spending 100ukp each

 

numbers based in fact and assuming lowest costs.

50,000 visitors in TT week is a given statistic - look it up if you
like

Steam packet costs £180 - I've got invoices to prove this.
Even camping you'll spend another 100 on pitch and food for the
week... more for hotels or homestay.
£20 buys some memorbilia or other tat at the grandstand.

Manx tax rate is 10%.

You're not very good at extrapolating figures from easily obtainable
data then.

 

10% on revenue? Or 10% on added value? Or 10% on profit?

 

Probably one of those.

Bugger. Probably budget for 3 elastoplast.

 

I had a similar issue back in my uni days with an Indian postgrad
running engineering seminars. It took several weeks before I worked out
that 'jub' meant z.

 

No, you are the one quoting, you post the link.

Which is not money that goes to the IOM
"The Isle of Man Steam Packet is owned by long-term investors including
Macquarie Bank and several Australian pension fund"

http://www.steam-packet.com/SteamPacket/About-Us/

I parsed that as Man tat rate ....

Not tried, I was playing the fag packet game