XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics
From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp
On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 05:40:42 +0100, Xeno wrote:
> On 16/6/19 2:23 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Why don't you go and tell the companies concerned what they should do.
>
>
>> 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.
>
> That might have worked in the past, say 200 years ago. It no longer does
> as many roles are way too technical.
>>
>>> 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?
>
> That one rig fire took out 10% of the UK supply of gas and oil. That has
> a knock on effect on the entire UK economy.
Shit happens.
Oh and a whole 10%? Not the whole country then. And only the gas and oil,
not everything else.
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