XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:00:03 +0100, Rod Speed  wrote:   
      
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   >   
   > "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:   
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   >>>>>>>>>   
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   >>>>>>>>> "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.   
      
   Never seen a student nurse?   
      
   >>> 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   
   fire-on-oil-rig-blog.jpg   
   >>   
   >> Oh, one entire oil rig, not a whole country then?   
   >   
   > No PM runs an entire country, stupid.   
      
   That's their job.   
      
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