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Careful now you are beginging to sound like certain posters around here.
And? :razz:
Tax is theft. The Government hasn't earned the money I have to give to it, it has just demanded it, leeching off my labour.
It is necessary for taxation to be levied, in order to fund the state's activities, but it doesn't stop it being theft. And when the state wastes that money it has stolen money from every single citizen- not that someone like Blair, who doesn't seem to understand the meaning of the word "moral", could care less.
The fact is the ONLY reason people go offshore is because of greed. Paying proper taxes (and let's remind ourselves that taxes are applied on profits, and high taxes are only applied above certain amounts) does not have a real negative effect on the lives of people worth tens of millions of Pounds- let alone billionaires. Those who go offshoring and who exploit every loophole in the book to avoid paying as much tax as possible do so out of pure undiluted greed, not out of necessity.
Needless to say, it adds insult to injury when a tax-dodging foreigner who thinks nothing of cheating a country of millions of Pounds believes he has the right to decide how the country should be run and uses his media empire to blackmail and manipulate successive governments and try to bring down rival media outlets.
Because the directors sure as hell do.
I'd recommend you get into the habit of reading the 'Street of Shame' section on Private Eye and then come again and tell me how well treated and paid the Murdoch minions are. Especially those at the Scum and the News of the Screws.
It is when an Australian-born US citizen who doesn't live in this country, wouldn't have a right to vote in a general election even if he lived here anyway, and who pays ludicrously low taxes believes it is perfectly okay to blackmail governments into how to run the country, how many asylum seekers to accept and whether we should join the euro.
Spot the supreme hypocrisy of it?
No more than the Mirror? Perhaps though I doubt it. Then again the Mirror isn't in the business of publishing material bordering on the racist, homophobic and europhobic on a regular basis. And all to reflect the distorted and disturbed views of its proprietor.
Aladdin, are you seriously saying that you believe Sky should pay it’s installers who are doing an effectively manual job the same as company directors?
Do you think postmen should get the same as Adam Crozier at the Royal Mail? Do you think cleaners in Parliament should get paid the same as MP’s?
Okay, maybe it’s not fair but what’s the alternative? Communism?
Actually, communism is the alternative, and if you care to study the principal you'll note it's not such a bad system. Every so-called communist country in history and current existance isn't in fact adhering to communist ideals.
I think it’s unfair how it seems people who are categorised as middle class end up paying far greater proportions of their income in tax compared to the very rich. But, as the rich will always avoid taxes if a higher rate were charged it’s not feasible to increase taxes for the rich. It’s also worth remembering the vast number of people employed by rich people like Rupert Murdoch, Richard Branson, Stelios, etc.
Bearing in mind that when the time comes to freeze pay rises the only people affected are the workers. Directors everywhere continue to award themselves 40% rises and 6-figure bonuses even when the company has recorded losses. And 'golden hellos'. And 'golden goodbyes'. And many other perks that the common worker can only dream of.
Did the British Airways board get any publicity when they voted down a pay rise because of the financial contraints? That'd be a no, then.
Communism is not an alternative, fiend, because the current Communist states are adhering to communist ideals. Marx himself argues for a violent overthrowing of the rich- anyone who believes in communism believes that it is right to brutally kill any person who disagrees.
the tax rate is 40% on all inheritance above £263,000 currently, and doing my sums its worth £263,000 + £312,500 = £575,500 your dads property as a whole
you'll still have £450,500 left over
to be fair though, inheritance tax threshohld should have been linked mainly to overall house price inflation, and im not gonna calculate that, but it should be in region of at least over £600,000 - which in my opinion, inheritance tax should be on cause it doesnt screw over average house owers
tax is a necessery evil, and well inheritance is the most meritocratic as it takes from the dead rich and puts back into everyone
and bout the vote labour out part, they 're the lesser of 2 evils so why does noone agree that they should be reduced to about a 10MP majority in house of commons so we can get some real policy
It's the tax equivalent of grave robbing.
What they don't get off you when you're alive they nab when you're dead.
the amount of wealth required to have it kick in, should be raised a lot though cause it should take but not so much theres the possibility the recipients might not be able to get a place themselves