c2w - should you have to actually cycle to work?
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Ningishzidda
Senior Member
Whose money? The Bank of England.
Read what's printed on a banknote. Its a piece of paper that allows the bearer to use it as currency. A merchant may or may not accept it.
The country's citizens get given these pieces of paper in exchange for performing manual labour or renting his/her employer their intellectual knowledge.
Private Banks ( Barclays et al ) buy the pieces of paper off The Bank of England with Gold or other precious metals. In order to do this, they buy and sell Gold etc for profit overseas.
With the lots of these pieces of paper they have, they can finance business ( at an interest rate ) so employers can employ employees to do the work making things ( or providing a service to others ).
The Government invent a system to take off the population a certain amount of these pieces of paper in order to provide defence, security, health care, dustbinmen etc.
The Government attempt to take more than they spend so there is a surplus if something dreadful happens, like a war. If there is no war, they spend some of the surplus keeping the population happy. An example is the C2W scheme.
Read what's printed on a banknote. Its a piece of paper that allows the bearer to use it as currency. A merchant may or may not accept it.
The country's citizens get given these pieces of paper in exchange for performing manual labour or renting his/her employer their intellectual knowledge.
Private Banks ( Barclays et al ) buy the pieces of paper off The Bank of England with Gold or other precious metals. In order to do this, they buy and sell Gold etc for profit overseas.
With the lots of these pieces of paper they have, they can finance business ( at an interest rate ) so employers can employ employees to do the work making things ( or providing a service to others ).
The Government invent a system to take off the population a certain amount of these pieces of paper in order to provide defence, security, health care, dustbinmen etc.
The Government attempt to take more than they spend so there is a surplus if something dreadful happens, like a war. If there is no war, they spend some of the surplus keeping the population happy. An example is the C2W scheme.
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
I got one, and am one of about 20 people in my company that took part.
However, due to only 6 of us cycling to work regularly, my company now refuses to run the scheme again - and I don't blame them.
So, thanks to 14 tosserswho bought bikes, used them to ride to work once, people like me have had this helpful tool removed from us - tossers.
Only me and another lad got bikes at my site, and he rode his in to work once, and gave up as it was hard work......knobber.
However, due to only 6 of us cycling to work regularly, my company now refuses to run the scheme again - and I don't blame them.
So, thanks to 14 tossers
Only me and another lad got bikes at my site, and he rode his in to work once, and gave up as it was hard work......knobber.
Standoff
Active Member
Nonsense. Forced taxes, forced services! What sort of 'company' is that?
) than they would be if they used the bike as intended. 
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
RE. the OP - yes the bike should be used for journeys to work.
#quote="Trickedem, post: 2284634, member: 17642"]I think there is something to be said for
The health benefits in getting more people riding bikes. This reduces the burden on the tax payer in other ways.[/quote]
Agreed - BUT why restrict concessions to those in employment. Why not bikes on prescription for the obese, and the unfit, VAT free bikes for pensioners?
#quote="Trickedem, post: 2284634, member: 17642"]I think there is something to be said for
The health benefits in getting more people riding bikes. This reduces the burden on the tax payer in other ways.[/quote]
Agreed - BUT why restrict concessions to those in employment. Why not bikes on prescription for the obese, and the unfit, VAT free bikes for pensioners?
I never quite thought about it this way, but those who pointed it out are quite right, any cycling is better than no cycling, and I don't begrudge anyone who wants to ride using the scheme to buy a bike as such, but I do think that more should be done to encourage the actual cycling to work part.
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
the rules in our place were that you had to use the bike for 50% of all commuting journeys you make whilst the bike is owned by the employer.
it was never followed up or checked though so the usual abuses were entirely possible. To be fair, of the 3 of us thaty did get bikes under C2W at roughly the same time 2 of us used them 100% of the time, barring the odd 'bring a batch of clean shirts to work' car days
it was never followed up or checked though so the usual abuses were entirely possible. To be fair, of the 3 of us thaty did get bikes under C2W at roughly the same time 2 of us used them 100% of the time, barring the odd 'bring a batch of clean shirts to work' car days
Hip Priest
Veteran
My company implemented the C2W scheme, but it also makes it very difficult for people to access the secure racks in the underground car park. This shows me that it's an environmental box-ticking thing for HR, and not a genuine attempt to get people cycling to work.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
have a google for the truck system
Standoff
Active Member
I don't need to google it. Fail to see the relevance. Google the fiat money system! We are slaves my friend!
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
what services are forced on you BTW
Standoff
Active Member
Try not paying your council tax and you'll find out!
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
