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Better get ready for a “ reckoning”

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    Better get ready for a “ reckoning”

    “ Key workers have been "overlooked and underpaid" and there will have to be a "reckoning" after the coronavirus crisis, the new Labour leader has said.

    Sir Keir Starmer told the BBC's Andrew Marr: "They were last and now they've got to be first."

    He said another decade of austerity would be a mistake, saying it was "inevitable" that the wealthy would have to pay more.”

    Coronavirus: Key workers 'overlooked and underpaid', says Starmer - BBC News

    I reckon 60% income (divi) tax is on the cards

    #2
    General strike now.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
      General strike now.
      Everybody out!

      Sorry I mean in.

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        #4
        One out! All out! Wot about the workers?

        Workers of the World unite!

        You have nothing to lose but your chains!


        Oh I feel betterer now.

        Someone find a 40 gallon drum with the top cut off so we can have a proper fire.

        Bring your own donkey jacket.

        Be sure to observe the 2m separation rule!
        When the fun stops, STOP.

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          #5
          Originally posted by AtW View Post
          Sir Keir Starmer
          Who?

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            #6
            Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
            Who?
            "(take) Action Man" the replacement for Magic Grandpa and slightly less deranged.
            Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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              #7
              Back to the 70's

              I'm alright Jack

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                #8
                Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                Back to the 70's


                yep but with corona virus instead of smallpox etc.
                Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                  #9
                  This is going to be tremendously contentious on here; but I'm saying it.

                  I've never used contracting as a 'vehicle' and I've had to use independent accountants for most of my career in contracting; due to my personal belief that I am NOT

                  1. Hiring anyone
                  2. Generating wealth for anyone in particular

                  I am doing it because it gets me access to piecemeal projects I can take on, complete and leave. I like that and it suits me very well.

                  As such, I've always paid myself a realistic salary and paid 33% of my income, either via taxation or a mix of taxation and charitable long term donations (if I really can't abide by the gvt policy of the time).

                  I'm not wanting a medal , or anything like that - but if individual people are earning over 100k a year (without creating jobs for anyone) and paying less tax, as a percentage than someone working for minimum wage - it is questionable.

                  I understand the argument of 'punishing success' etc - but if its a one man band, just mercenary - what does the individual success equate to?

                  People still use the same public services etc . If you're paying for private schooling, private healthcare etc - then that's obviously a little different. But some people are literally paying themselves the absolute minimum to avoid PAYE Tax and NI contributions and maxing out the expenses and dividends in a way that might well be legal - and now wanting support from the state.

                  It's my personal belief and I'm not trying to enforce it on everyone - but I'd be happy with EVERYONE paying the same universal standard rate of taxation - that doesnt have to be 60% if people stop taking the piss and paying well under 25%.

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                    #10
                    Ah, the 1970s when the standard rate of income tax was 33% with NI at 5%.

                    Everything was beige.

                    Literally everything.

                    Cars.

                    Suits* (I've still got a particularly hideous example in the wardrobe).

                    Wallpaper.

                    Oh, I can hardly wait.

                    Are flares and bellbottoms pencilled in to return?

                    They're a bit easier to get on & off than these slim jeans and trousers of today.

                    Though you have to be a bit careful when it's windy or you could take off.


                    *There's a fine selection in this lot:

                    https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/1970s-Vinta...777/bn_9588975
                    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 5 April 2020, 14:56.
                    When the fun stops, STOP.

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