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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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so you're not exactly hard done by are you.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 15:38, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

It's as if nurses don't work hard, or that if someone cleans the streets really, really, really hard they ought to be paid 500K a year.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 15:51, Reply)

I'd rather they simplified the system and said up to £10,000 tax free, up to £50,000 20%, up to £100,000 40% up to £1,000,000 60% and maybe above that 65%, or possibly not bother. But also make it apply to any income regardless of whether it's shares, or paye or earnings from renting out your property or whatever.
The complexity is where it is possible to fiddle the sums to pay very little tax when earning obscene amounts. It's wrong when someone earning a million pays proportionally less then someone 40K.
But equally, if your take home pay in a year is over 100K, you're doing pretty fucking well and shouldn't complain too loudly.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 15:50, Reply)

i don't have a problem with that. and i agree with most of what you say re any income.
but 60% is demotivating. who would want to work that hard when they are giving 2/3's of it away?
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 15:54, Reply)

I imagine they probably sit in an office, probably a nicer office, and have someone to bring them coffee, probably nicer coffee too.
The job they do may be judged to be worth that much more, but what are they actually doing that is so much harder that it deserves a near exponentially greater (I'm being figurative here) degree of reward?
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( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:04, Reply)

you get paid for your skills too. not everyone can be a brain surgeon. that is why the top consultants earn so much money.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:07, Reply)

What they have left allows them to live a very nice lifestyle, not rich beyond the dreams of avarice, but very comfortable and without many worries, assuming they don't have gambling habits or crack addictions.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:11, Reply)

it's not given. eg today i should really be in bed, but i'll be here til about 9pm, and i was at my desk by 8.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 15:54, Reply)

doesn't seem fair really
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:00, Reply)

Because if you are, I might remind you that you are a bent spastic.
And wrong to boot.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:03, Reply)

they are incentives. bonuses for bankers etc are part of their salary, and should be taxed accordingly.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:08, Reply)

Don't think of it as a 5K bonus, think of it as a 2.5K bonus. 2.5K you say? Wow, that's a lovely big sum of money. I could go on a really nice holiday for two weeks with that kind of money. An unexpected two week holiday all paid for? How lovely, what a bonus!
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:13, Reply)

next year i might not work them. then nobody gets anything. well done, government. way to motivate people.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:28, Reply)

You should probably have a good look at your life and think about doing something that actually makes you happy.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:29, Reply)

but it's extremely demanding. maybe everyone with demanding jobs that pay well should chuck them in. the country would do just fine then.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:34, Reply)

You seem to be, maybe if you don't feel you are well paid enough you should work harder, or move to a job that's better paid. That would seem the sensible thing to do, right?
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:38, Reply)

maybe i should shit out 3 crotchfruit and hold out my hand instead?
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:50, Reply)

and someone took 60% of your kid's love and thought you should be damn grateful to get the remaining bit. what would you think of that person then, eh?
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( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:04, Reply)

I mean, the only reason to try and tie in a series of totally unrelated issues would be to try and cover up the ridiculous assertion you made with distorted figures right?
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:09, Reply)

No doubt your IFA can advise you on this for a fee.
( , Thu 15 May 2014, 16:12, Reply)
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