Day: May 16, 2012

Spain cancels Queen Sofia’s visit to London Jubilee celebrations over Gib fight

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In order to distract citizens from the woes of Spain, Madrid has ordered Queen Sofia to cancel her visit to the London Jubilee celebrations, due to take place in two days time. The reason is, according to El Mundo, that the Gib marching band is playing in London as part of the Jubilee celebrations. (Eh?) Nor did they like the recent visit of the Count of Wessex to the place, a few days ago. (King Continue reading Spain cancels Queen Sofia’s visit to London Jubilee celebrations over Gib fight→

Looney Left pounces on the rich in Andalucia to save the budget (anyone here rich? no? thought not)

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So the new tax limits have been issued in Andalucia. First of all: remember that personal income tax is split into two bits in Spain, the bit collected for the central government (Madrid) and then the bit for the region you live in (in my case, Andalucia). Madrid takes, if I remember correctly, between 12% and 22% of your income, depending on how much you earn. Now, Andalucia has decided that to balance its books, Continue reading Looney Left pounces on the rich in Andalucia to save the budget (anyone here rich? no? thought not)→