XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 15/6/19 11:22 pm, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   > 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...   
   >>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:52:26 +0100, Rod Speed   
   >>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>> news:op.z28l88bywdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:44:20 +0100, Rod Speed   
   >>>>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>> news:op.z28imsizwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:41:18 +0100, Rod Speed   
   >>>>>>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> news:op.z28fvcgdwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 18:35:47 +0100, Rod Speed   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
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   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "devnull" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:n_PLE.43682$T52.29836@fx35.iad...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/11/19 9:40 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And if you don't have the money stored in a tax-free IRA,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you'll   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pay   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> income tax on your losses.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dunno what an IRA is, but all ISAs are tax free AFAIK.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hang on, losses? Surely you pay income tax on your   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> income, not   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> losses.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yah, it's called "Republican taxpayer privilege". The bank   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pays   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2%   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interest but inflation goes up 3%.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Essentially you have less buying power at the end of the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> year   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yet   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> still have to pay taxes on the 2% "gain".   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The democrats have lots of slick scams to take money from   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> working   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> taxpayers and give it to their lazy welfare constituents.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> And yet only half pay any income tax. Or are you saying that   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dems   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> are   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> so   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> clever that they have worked out how to make just Repugs pay   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> income   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> tax   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Who cares about income tax?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> In all but the USA, it's the main tax most pay in the first   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> world. Only the unemployable dregs like you pay most   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> of the tax they pay in the VAT and fuel and sin taxes.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> It's one of only 50 taxes.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> What matters is how much you pay in each one.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> VAT is 20%! You will eventually spend all you earn,   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Plenty of the better paid don't.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Nobody accumulates money forever.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Plenty with a clue accumulate it till they stop working   
   >>>>>>>> and plenty accumulate it and hand it on to their kids too.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> If they don't spend it their descendants will.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Plenty of their descendents arent stupid enough to spend it.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> If what you were saying was true, there would be an ever increasing   
   >>>>>>> number   
   >>>>>>> of people with huger and huger amounts of money.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> so that's 20% which is significantly similar to the income tax   
   >>>>>>>>>>> rate.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Not with the better paid. Only the dregs of the labour market.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> If you're poor, you pay a low rate,   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Yes, the dregs mostly do pay just VAT and petrol and sin taxes.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> if you're rich, you bend the rules and pay a low rate.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Not even possible for most of the better paid wage slaves.   
   >>>>>>>> Those pay a lot more than 20% income tax.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Nope,   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Yep.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> 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.   
   >   
   > So while the labourer was toiling away, you were sat relaxing in a   
   > classroom.   
      
   For 12 years, yes, I was in a classroom but it was hardly relaxing. It   
   was also part time because, like most people, I had a day job, also   
   hardly relaxing. Prior to that I was working on equipment like this.   
      
   https://www.finning.com/content/dam/finning/en_ca/Images/Industr   
   es/Mining/Industries_Mining_Hero_Fleet.jpg?$cc-s$   
      
   along with these;   
      
   http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/Caterpillar/CM20180215-48779-24452?$cc-s$   
      
   In places like this; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Jz56jfbGI   
      
   The first part of the land the plane flies over is the town where I was   
   domiciled in Indonesia. Much larger town now and the plane was different   
      
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