XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   news:op.z3fo4yjpwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   > On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:05:48 +0100, Xeno  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 15/6/19 11:30 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...   
   >>>>>>>>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> You tell that to the people who are looking for specific skillsets. They   
   >> seem to think the people are worth it.   
   >   
   > Aren't those companies capable of just teaching their workers what to do?   
   > Anybody could do the below when told how to.  We should remove all   
   > education (especially when it's paid for by the taxes of people who don't   
   > even have kids) and just have people learning on the job.  Start off as a   
   > plumber's mate, he shows you what he's doing, then you follow suit.   
      
   Doesn't work when designing aircraft, stupid.   
      
   Or even when doing a brexit either.   
      
   Or with doctors either.   
      
   >> Like my mate, recently retired,   
   >> who is an *inspector*. A hazardous area, gaseous environment inspector,   
   >> to be precise. This is what happens without people like him on the job;   
   >>   
   >> https://www.simien.com/assets/simiensimien/media/images/blog/   
   ire-on-oil-rig-blog.jpg   
   >   
   > Oh, one entire oil rig, not a whole country then?   
      
   No PM runs an entire country, stupid.   
      
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