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Tax the rich?     24-Nov-08 12:10 PM    
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Is it fair to make those who have often worked the hardest of all pay almost half of their income in tax?
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Tax the rich?
Berardo1 24-Nov-08 12:10 PM  
 
No. But it is an accepted principle that the more you profit within society, th...
Mike C 24-Nov-08 12:20 PM  
 
So where does that leave people like Lewis Hamilton et al who leave the UK...
Peter R 24-Nov-08 12:38 PM  
 
Get ready for the brain drain!
Adam B 24-Nov-08 12:48 PM  
 
To commisar Peter -- That's rubbish. Are you saying that anyone e...
Realist 24-Nov-08 04:37 PM  
 
Hamilton is allowed into the UK for 90 days a financial year and will...
Michael H (2 Ratings) 24-Nov-08 05:05 PM  
 
the goverment needed to tax the higher earners more and leave the low...
Pat H RATE IT 25-Nov-08 02:54 PM  
 
Pat H Unfortunately demographics show that even if you tax t...
Realist (2 Ratings) 25-Nov-08 04:53 PM  
 
Ha realist I bet the Tory Party are happy there are people ...
Tony G (1 Rating) 26-Nov-08 10:46 PM  
 
The rich have got richer and enjoyed the good time better than most. So w...
Tony G (2 Ratings) 26-Nov-08 10:38 PM  
 
A fair society should spread the availability of resources evenly among all its...
D 24-Nov-08 12:58 PM  
 
The problem is that it is the aspiration to be a person who can buy an ivo...
Gina 24-Nov-08 01:30 PM  
 
It depends on your classification of work. The post-war worker had to pay...
Herrridd (2 Ratings) 24-Nov-08 12:58 PM  
 
HARD WORKERS???What an absolute load of tosh ZZZ, generally speaking those high...
JOHN 24-Nov-08 01:09 PM  
 
Yeah! couldn't agree more. If they leave this country as they always threa...
mark775870 24-Nov-08 04:54 PM  
 
Medical Consultants and the like always do very well in this country,...
Alex B (1 Rating) 24-Nov-08 08:41 PM  
 
Dear God, what century do some people live in. Money is a portab...
nicholas_col... 24-Nov-08 09:22 PM  
 
What a $%^& you are - you probably live off benefits, have your rent and c...
Heidi G 25-Nov-08 02:45 PM  
 
It is difficult to get the balance correct & in recent times the rich have paid...
frankobserve... 24-Nov-08 01:09 PM  
 
I cannot help noticing that the people who wish to tax the rich are always...
laprade 24-Nov-08 01:22 PM  
 
Such good sense. I am old enough to remember punative tax rates and t...
djohnw 24-Nov-08 01:35 PM  
 
"I cannot help noticing that the people who wish to tax the rich are ...
James G 24-Nov-08 02:26 PM  
 
There is even the loaf of bread argument .... You pay £1 for a loaf ...
slon759 24-Nov-08 02:26 PM  
 
slon759 "If it costs £10 per month to pick up household rubbi...
James G 24-Nov-08 06:44 PM  
 
It is probably true that tax contributions represent a grea...
slon759 (2 Ratings) 25-Nov-08 10:13 AM  
 
before you start having a go. I am not and have never been poor....
pm 24-Nov-08 09:34 PM  
 
Erm! I agree that taxing the rich is not a golden bullet and does und...
Sim 24-Nov-08 02:41 PM  
 
But surely a group of scientists who were about to discover a ca...
laprade 24-Nov-08 05:04 PM  
 
laprade "merely that people who have decided not to earn...
James G 24-Nov-08 07:11 PM  
 
Think the point has already been made 45p% tax is a de...
R P 24-Nov-08 08:13 PM  
 
You obviously have never worked in Science. These people wo...
Sim (1 Rating) 25-Nov-08 09:18 AM  
 
Tax should not be so high as to drive significant wealth abroad to avoid it. H...
M T 24-Nov-08 01:16 PM  
 
Ho hum here we go again. Another them and us argument. Rich people don't work ...
Man in stree... 24-Nov-08 01:49 PM  
 
I dont think that people would mind paying a higher proportion of their ea...
Matthew 24-Nov-08 02:25 PM  
 
If we want to live in a pleasant society, then that society has to be nurt...
Spagan 24-Nov-08 02:38 PM  
 
Very true Spagan. However with the number of tax dodges, ways to scam...
Mike L (2 Ratings) 24-Nov-08 04:10 PM  
 
What does the economy (rightly or wrongly) need right now more spenders or...
Alex B RATE IT 24-Nov-08 08:52 PM  
 
Regardless of whether it is fair or not, it's not a very efficient way of raisi...
HPISMYS (2 Ratings) 24-Nov-08 02:25 PM  
 
Please do not be naive: I urge you to read up on the Peasants revolt of 1381...
Sheep people 24-Nov-08 02:48 PM  
 
Totally share your opinion- the same goes for the "non-dom" rules. From th...
Wolf 24-Nov-08 04:50 PM  
 
A perfect and simple explanation of the state of affairs of life and death...
stancetaker (1 Rating) 24-Nov-08 05:39 PM  
 
Exactamundo. As you know, the first income tax system taxed only the ri...
D RATE IT 25-Nov-08 09:14 PM  
 
You cannot judge whether taxation is fair for either the 'rich', the pensioners...
a 24-Nov-08 02:53 PM  
 
You also have to take into account that higher earners are also less of a ...
John P 24-Nov-08 03:12 PM  
 
You're so right, I still can't get a fitted smock and me scurvey's getting out ...
Man in stree... (2 Ratings) 24-Nov-08 02:57 PM  
 
Hello my fellow sheep people, You have missed the point. Another red herring...
Sheep people (2 Ratings) 24-Nov-08 03:04 PM  
 
Yes, it is fair. Having worked with plenty of rich hedgies and worked for some...
Camputa 24-Nov-08 03:14 PM  
 
zzztest why do you think that it is those that have worked the hardest have the...
Mike L 24-Nov-08 04:02 PM  
 
Dear Mike, I am rich and I made it from nothing. I have worked in factori...
laprade 24-Nov-08 05:14 PM  
 
Laprade im rich too, but unlike you I accept that I had certain chanc...
Mike L RATE IT 24-Nov-08 10:15 PM  
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