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  Hrolf The Ganger  23 May 17 5.09pm |
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Originally posted by CambridgeEagle
If you earn over £80k you're not likely to be struggling. And it's only an extra 5% on income above £80k. So not the whole lot. If you're on £80k or less you would not pay any more. That really depends on your commitments. It won't be the same for everyone. Spending money on frivolity is one thing but mortgages, loans, kids etc is stuff you can't just off load.
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croydon proud  Any european country i fancy! 23 May 17 5.10pm |
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Originally posted by susmik
Funny I do not buy or read the Daily Mail so where did you dig that up from as well ?? ok sus, just thought you probably did, anyway, i got it in the mail and some on here commented that there kids were getting charged for sandwich eating in dinner hall, thats about it.
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| CambridgeEagle Sydenham 23 May 17 5.11pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Tax is a balancing act. I don't know what you earn but remaining disposable income is not a vast amount for the majority of people even when the earn 50 to 100k a year. Median earnings for full-time employees in the UK is £28k. I agree for the majority of people their disposable income won't be a lot, and in real terms median wages have been shrinking under this government. I earn above the median and would be happy to pay a bit more in tax if it meant improvements in public services, reductions in inequality, improving workers' rights and investment in the economy. An extra 5% on income above £80k wouldn't make me any less ambitious. For the record, according the ONS, the top 20% of earners had average gross earnings of £87k and average disposable incomes of £62k in 2015/16. That's over £5k a month to spend on housing, food etc.
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 23 May 17 5.12pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Corbyn is the kind of guy I'd like to work with in a school department....He's principled and fair....I think that's independent of whether someone's left or right....or whether I agree with all his politics. I will give him that. sounds fair comment stirling! Edited by Stirlingsays (23 May 2017 4.34pm)
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Kermit8  Hevon 23 May 17 5.24pm |
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Originally posted by hedgehog50
I never voted for Thatcher in any election. Why was that then? I'm gonna go for 'too busy propping up Apartheid' or something to do with overseas.
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| Lyons550 Shirley 23 May 17 5.27pm |
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Originally posted by CambridgeEagle
Median earnings for full-time employees in the UK is £28k. I agree for the majority of people their disposable income won't be a lot, and in real terms median wages have been shrinking under this government. I earn above the median and would be happy to pay a bit more in tax if it meant improvements in public services, reductions in inequality, improving workers' rights and investment in the economy. An extra 5% on income above £80k wouldn't make me any less ambitious. For the record, according the ONS, the top 20% of earners had average gross earnings of £87k and average disposable incomes of £62k in 2015/16. That's over £5k a month to spend on housing, food etc.
I proposed on another thread I think that 20% should each go to Police, NHS, Education, Public services...with the remainder split in to 4 x 5% chunks going to the causes of your choosing..
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| Kermit8 Hevon 23 May 17 5.44pm |
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Originally posted by Lyons550
I proposed on another thread I think that 20% should each go to Police, NHS, Education, Public services...with the remainder split in to 4 x 5% chunks going to the causes of your choosing.. er... we have around 5-6million kids in education. Think that lot may need a bit more than the police force and the NHS - caring for over 65million - will need a helluvalot more than them.
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 23 May 17 6.00pm |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
Why was that then? I'm gonna go for 'too busy propping up Apartheid' or something to do with overseas. 1979 - voted Labour (1974 door-knocked and voted for Labour)
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell] |
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| Kermit8 Hevon 23 May 17 6.06pm |
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Originally posted by hedgehog50
1979 - voted Labour (1974 door-knocked and voted for Labour)
Ah, one of them people that get more right-wing as they get older. You are very much not alone tbf. Impressed that you voted for benign socialism but disappointed you abandoned Foot.Lovely fella he was. So you did have a heart. Edited by Kermit8 (23 May 2017 6.09pm)
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 23 May 17 6.15pm |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
Ah, one of them people that get more right-wing as they get older. You are very much not alone tbf. Impressed that you voted for benign socialism but disappointed you abandoned Foot.Lovely fella he was. So you did have a heart. Edited by Kermit8 (23 May 2017 6.09pm) Of course I 'abandoned' Foot, as did many other old school Labour supporters that I knew. After that it became increasingly obvious that the Labour party no longer represented the interests of the people it came into being to support - ordinary British working people. There is a lot about the Tories that I don't like, but the alternatives are simply worse. Edited by hedgehog50 (23 May 2017 6.37pm)
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell] |
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pefwin  Where you have to have an English ... 23 May 17 7.17pm |
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Originally posted by CambridgeEagle
That's less than £5k a month, no way could I live on that.
"Everything is air-droppable at least once." "When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support." |
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Cucking Funt | Rudi Hedman Caterham 23 May 17 8.27pm |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
Why was that then? I'm gonna go for 'too busy propping up Apartheid' or something to do with overseas. Ooooof.
COYP |
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| serial thriller The Promised Land 23 May 17 8.54pm |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
Good to see Labour have seized the opportunity for some good ol' point scoring. Ah yes, Stroud Labour's vice chairman. An influential voice for much of the left no doubt. Doubtless there's a similar story about a Tory councillor in West Pembrokeshire connecting the terrorist to God's wrath towards the gays, and a Lib Dem member in Twickenham who tweeted how it was all Brexit's fault. This bomb has hopefully acted in making us all, across the spectrum, take a step back from the divisiveness of the election for a few days. A tragedy.
If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4 |
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| elgrande bedford 23 May 17 10.04pm |
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Originally posted by serial thriller
Ah yes, Stroud Labour's vice chairman. An influential voice for much of the left no doubt. Doubtless there's a similar story about a Tory councillor in West Pembrokeshire connecting the terrorist to God's wrath towards the gays, and a Lib Dem member in Twickenham who tweeted how it was all Brexit's fault. This bomb has hopefully acted in making us all, across the spectrum, take a step back from the divisiveness of the election for a few days. A tragedy. It doesn't matter who / represent,but that is a f***ing awful thing to say....
always a Norwood boy, where ever I live. |
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| Hrolf The Ganger 23 May 17 10.23pm |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
Good to see Labour have seized the opportunity for some good ol' point scoring. She should resign immediately.
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| VeganPower Chesham 23 May 17 10.29pm |
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Is it possible the attack could be a right wing false flag?
22 years eating a vegan diet. Perfectly happy and healthy on it. |
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 23 May 17 10.37pm |
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Originally posted by VeganPower
Is it possible the attack could be a right wing false flag? No it isn't you fool.
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell] |
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Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 23 May 17 10.38pm |
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Originally posted by VeganPower
Is it possible the attack could be a right wing false flag? Why not the left?
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| elgrande bedford 23 May 17 10.40pm |
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Originally posted by VeganPower
Is it possible the attack could be a right wing false flag? I think those vegetables have mashed your brain....what a f***ing moronic thing to say.
always a Norwood boy, where ever I live. |
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