No people are "parasites", Scuzz. I don't pay my taxes for the authorities to "move these p-------s on" I pay to see well-managed government providing for all minorities, as is lawful. The council and Cambridgeshire police operate within the law, and quite well too.

Travellers pay tax on everything they buy like the rest of us, and when they can get work, as many do, they're taxed at source. Ask the farmers, local manual employers, and Department of Work and Pensions. Many are permanently sited in caravans and in houses with jobs to go to and pay their own rent and council tax.

There would be no domestic rubbish to see if the refuse system provided collection.

After all, Scuzz, what would your street look like if the refuse collectors never called?

As for Paul33: "these nice white caravans" you suggest abusing are the homes of families with elderly people and children. Do you really think actions like this are helpful to anyone?

I hope our local editor will never again accept the phrase "Traveller problem" on the pages which has only replaced the "Jewish and the Gypsy Problem" policy of the Third Reich as an aspect of attitude. But I do think the page was well-balanced with supportive items also.
R M Britton
Executive Member
East Anglian Gipsy Council



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