XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   news:op.z3fg4708wdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   > 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.   
      
   No PM runs the entire country.   
      
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