overtaxed and pissed off.

[Archie_tect]

About 2/3 of my 'pension' income. Technically its not part of a pension, but its paid via the pension adminsitrators.

Not you D, tinywheels!

[How's Bruce by the way?]

 

[Drago]

That'll teach me to come in half way through the convo!

Hes fine thanks Archie, fast asleep next to me on the bed.

 

[HMS_Dave]

How do you propose the government make up the £200bn in income tax that would be lost?

I mean, to put this figure into context, that is roughly the entire welfare spend of the UK. Of which 60% of that is spent on pensioners. Then about 8% is then spent on disability.

I am indeed with you in that the government squander a lot of money. I follow defence projects closely and see the wasted billions that disappear into "black holes". I do believe people in this country deserve a better quality of politician, sadly, nothing in the Houses of Parliament seems to fit the bill...

 

[tinywheels]

I don't vote. I mean, what a choice - the bent, the incompetent, or the bent incompetents?

precisely, they spaffed billions on covid.

 

[Drago]

precisely, they spaffed billions on covid.

I thought the Chinese invented that? You live and learn, eh.

 

[tinywheels]

I thought the Chinese invented that? You live and learn, eh.

I mean the billions spent on track and trace etc. HS2 you get the idea.

 

[Drago]

They spend billions on nukes and then never set one off. Daft.

 

[DCLane]

I think it's outrageous that I'm taxed at 40% on a large slice of my income.

If it's a 'large slice' you earn more than I do. But not enough to be taxed at 50%

The wealthy pay more. That's usually been the way. Unless you're really wealthy when you find ways to avoid paying tax, unfortunately

You, I and probably a decent number of CC'ers are in the squeezed middle, where we pay more tax than we'd like to.

 

[tinywheels]

If it's a 'large slice' you earn more than I do. But not enough to be taxed at 50%

The wealthy pay more. That's usually been the way. Unless you're really wealthy when you find ways to avoid paying tax, unfortunately

You, I and probably a decent number of CC'ers are in the squeezed middle, where we pay more tax than we'd like to.

It's getting so bad I'm considering a move to Dubai.

 

[Scoosh]

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