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marigold



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:10 pm    Post subject: The rich should pay more tax Reply with quote
    

Warren Buffett says so .

Bebo



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

So do I. But I have considerably less influence.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I was just reading that. To be accurate, the super-rich should pay more tax (those earning over £600,000 per year) and there should be a reduction of future benefits.

marigold



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You expect a headline to be accurate?

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

marigold wrote:
You expect a headline to be accurate?


Perhaps I'm too used to reading the Daily Mail.

chez



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

"Warren Buffett and Bebo in Rich People Should Pay More Tax shocker!"

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Better than 'Warren Buffet and Bebo in Oversized Knickers'.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thank you for that beautiful image

Penny Outskirts



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bebo wrote:
Better than 'Warren Buffet and Bebo in Oversized Knickers'.


That's just wrong in so many ways

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I should have written for the News of the World. Flair for sensational headlines and no morals. I'd have been ideal.

chez



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If you work for the Express you have to take a turn at doing the Saturday Nazi article, apparently. Sounded fun.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 11 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



maybe warren has dark political corners

Shane



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 11 4:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bebo wrote:
I should have written for the News of the World. Flair for sensational headlines and no morals. I'd have been ideal.
You'd have been out of work, too.

Sounds like the headline should be "the rich shouldn't be allowed big, juicy tax breaks", rather than "the rich should pay more tax" - if they had to pay the current (I think) 50% on everything over 150k without being able to claim all the breaks, they would pay more tax, simply because 50% of a big number is more than 30ish% of a smaller number.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 11 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Shane wrote:
Bebo wrote:
I should have written for the News of the World. Flair for sensational headlines and no morals. I'd have been ideal.
You'd have been out of work, too.

Sounds like the headline should be "the rich shouldn't be allowed big, juicy tax breaks", rather than "the rich should pay more tax" - if they had to pay the current (I think) 50% on everything over 150k without being able to claim all the breaks, they would pay more tax, simply because 50% of a big number is more than 30ish% of a smaller number.


Buffet is talking about the American system where because of how the tax is setup he only pays about 17% tax

Shane



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 11 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nice of him to make the suggestion, it's got to be said. I presume he's not in favour of the idea being backdated, though.

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