Paying for America.

Here’s an interesting little fact:

My sources of income don’t amount to enough to pay UK income tax. But I still have pictures lodged with Getty Images of Seattle from my old photographing days, and last year they sold one and I got a royalty cheque. It still didn’t take me into the UK tax bracket, but US tax was stopped at source, a practice we don’t have in Britain. I could claim exemption, but the form they sent was so big, complicated, and wanted so much personal information, that I declined to complete it. So, OK, it’s my fault. Guilty as charged.

The fact still remains that I paid $294 US bloody income tax last year! And so, Yankee chums, I’m helping to pay for your infrastructure. Say ‘thank you, JJ.’ Go on, say it. You may reward me by not voting Republican in November.

Ah, but, then again... The last time you voted Republican (I know you didn't really, but everybody pretended you did,) you gave the world a damn good laugh for a few years (Go Sarah P!) So, erm...