XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics
From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp
On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 03:10:35 +0100, Xeno wrote:
> On 14/6/19 8:59 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:06:13 +0100, Xeno wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/6/19 2:44 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 01:24:38 +0100, Rod Speed
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
>>>>> news:op.z28s84sjwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
>>>>>> once you get really rich you get accountants that fiddle things
>>>>>> nicely.
>>>>>
>>>>> We werent discussing the really rich.
>>>>
>>>> We only pay more than 20% on anything we earn over £46,351. That's
>>>> really rich buggers, I can't think of anyone earning that much. They
>>>> can afford accountants to cheat.
>>>
>>> You're mixing in the wrong circles. One of my friends in the UK,
>>> Folkestone to be precise, earns well over £100,000 per annum. Others
>>> earn slightly lesser amounts. One of my friends here, until he retired
>>> recently, was earning £150,000 for 6 months work. It has to be said,
>>> both those aforementioned are highly qualified in their respective
>>> fields.
>>
>> That's more than the prime minister gets paid. Nobody should be earning
>> that much. The average UK wage is a fraction of that and we should all
>> be paid a similar amount.
>
> Why? He is getting paid *what he is worth*. He put in the time and
> effort studying and gaining experience on the ground to get where he is
> and if people are willing to pay him appropriately for his work, then
> that is up to him. I put in 12 years at uni and decades in trade
> relevant study and qualifications but you think a labourer should get
> the same pay as I? You need to get real.
I don't care what job you do, it's less important than running the entire
country.
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