Some Interesting facts On Crime

I received this email from a friend and thought it made some intesting reading.
After I was a victim of crime in 2000, I attended many crimes
discussions, brain storming and therapy sessions. At each of these
discussions the question came up on how to tackle the symptoms of crime.

The only question never raised was:

Question: "What is the influence of crime on the S.A. Govt?"
Answer: Crime generates millions and millions of Rand's for the S.A.
Govt

Here are the facts:

Example 1:

Take just one million home owners in Gauteng who pay for "armed crime

reaction" (not crime prevention) where private security companies react

AFTER the crime has taken place - no wonder they never make any arrests!

This service costs on average R250 p.m. Therefore 1 000,000 x R240.00 X

12 months x 14% VAT, generates R403 million in tax revenue for the S.A.

Govt!

Example 2:
A car thief steals a R500,000 car and receives between R10,000 and

R30,000 for his deed.
The car owner is paid out by insurance and then purchases another
similar vehicle, on which he pays 14% VAT of approx R70,000 as a direct
result of crime. Who profited the most? The thief or the S.A.Govt?

We must begin with a mechanism whereby the S.A. Govt is forced to
reconsider this unconstitutional and immoral practice of profiting from
crime!


All South Africans should demand that all payments related to protection
of life and property should be VAT free and Tax deductible!

This principle should also apply to replacement of stolen property as
well as estate duty. If a person dies as a result of crime we should
also demand that estate duty not be paid. How much do you think the S.A.
Govt has made out of estate duty from the murders of 1300 South African
farmers?

The S.A. Govt likes to compare us to overseas. Well overseas your safety
and security is covered by your income tax and is tax deductible!

It is time that South Africans stood together and made the Govt and
public aware of the Govt's "income" from crime. In the meantime crime is
the goose that lays the golden egg
It is it also not unreasonable to expect victims of violence and
hijackings to pay their own medical costs? The Govt should pay for these
expenses as well as family counseling for victims!

Come on South Africa, ask the right questions and demand the right
answers!

You could just delete this message or you could help make a difference.
Send this to everyone you know - now!

Have a great day!
Kind Regards
Grant Reid
RSA Leisurewear
Tel 011 392-2966
www.rsaleisurewear.co.za
Blog: http://rsa-leisurewear.blogspot.com/

Are you legally married?

Dear Reader

Well can you believe that January 2007 is already a thing of the past, only 11 months until Christmas?

I thought I would drop you a post to tell you about what is happening and has happened at RSA Leisurewear in 2007. But before I do that, I am sure you are intrigued by the headline of this email. I have attached a link at the bottom of this mail that you might find very interesting. Interesting in as much as to what the government thinks your marital status is. It is probably worthwhile to click on the link just to verify if they have your status correct, if not, at least you know it is incorrect and can start the laborious task of sorting it out. You will find the link at the bottom of the email.

Getting back to more important things, 2007 is going to be exciting and fulfilling year as we embark on a new era of quota’s and general excitement in the clothing industry. 2006 on the other hand was nothing less than challenging. RSA had to endure two factory moves; a task that anybody knows is both stressful and expensive. We moved our manufacturing factory in April and our knitting, embroidery, admin and stores in October/November. Due to circumstances beyond our control we had to due this in our busiest time of the year, an event that caused us many a sleepless night in trying to get our orders out, not to mention the loss in production, revenue and general down time. With all that now behind us now we are able to move forward into 2007 with great expectations. I must tell you that our phone numbers that were not going to have to change, in fact did change.

Our factory telephone and fax numbers are now as follows.

Tel 011 392-2966 and our new fax is 011 392-2283. Please change them on your cell and jot them down for the office.

As can be expected we are well into replenishing what stock we were short from the December rush and should be completely fully stocked by the end of February the latest. We will shortly be updating our website and have already launched our new Blog, where we can constantly keep you updated as well as the opportunity for you to get involved in our forum. You can log into our Blog at http://rsa-leisurewear.blogspot.com/ I have posted some pics of some of our new shirts as well as some news and views for your reference.

In closing please keep us in mind when needing a quotation and check out our sites to see some of our new garments. Remember we also do commission embroidery should the need arise.

As promised, here is the link to the marriage status verification site. To check if you are married click HERE

Until Next time stay in touch and all the best for 2007.

Kind Regards
Grant Reid

RSA Leisurewear

Tel 011 392-2966

www.rsaleisurewear.co.za

Blog: http://rsa-leisurewear.blogspot.com/