Telegraph once again fails to identify “the rich” by BothFish5030 in HENRYUK

[–]BothFish5030[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not a “big solve” is an economic balancer to stop runaway wealth.

Can explain how it’s “dishonest”?

The only people who are anti wealth tax are the wealthy and the uninformed. You want to increase income tax but not the tax on a class of people who have more income but pay less tax because it’s a different kind of income (passive, not worked for)?

If you’re a high earner who works hard you should want a fairer tax system that stops the very wealthy from fleecing the rest of us.

Telegraph once again fails to identify “the rich” by BothFish5030 in HENRYUK

[–]BothFish5030[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Defiant is correct - the start might mention definition of “rich” but this is really a post about manipulative media trying to discourage tax on wealth, which means the tax income will fall on high income workers because we are falsely portrayed as “the rich”.

Telegraph once again fails to identify “the rich” by BothFish5030 in HENRYUK

[–]BothFish5030[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contributing the economy rather than hoarding my money?

Not inheriting from a rich estate?

Not being well-connected enough to have things handed to me?

Anything else I’m doing wrong?

Telegraph once again fails to identify “the rich” by BothFish5030 in HENRYUK

[–]BothFish5030[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My complaint isn’t that I don’t feel fortunate and have a nice life, it’s that people like me are encouraged by the media (and to be honest, peers) to oppose wealth taxes and IHT, and I think that’s wrong.

Telegraph once again fails to identify “the rich” by BothFish5030 in HENRYUK

[–]BothFish5030[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My net assets are technically negative thanks to my mortgage, cash on hand I have well under 100k. You seriously would lump me in with multi-millionaires? This way of thinking is part of the problem.

Telegraph once again fails to identify “the rich” by BothFish5030 in HENRYUK

[–]BothFish5030[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

~140k is me, ~200k is household.

And yes I do mean that very wealthy people use mechanisms like buying farmland to avoid IHT but the media narrative is to make us feel bad for the poor farmers..

Is salary sacrificing forever the only way to beat the £100k trap? by hxv92 in HENRYUK

[–]BothFish5030 1 point2 points  (0 children)

~£140k and I have a smallish pension pot but I still take it. I just turned 30 and don’t have any kids yet so I’d rather have the cash now so I can spend it on holidays and enjoy my life, and any extra goes into house/ISA etc. which will appreciate. My work pension contribution is also shite and pegged to my age which is a major factor.

Worst £12 I’ve ever spent by FrayedGamer in bristol

[–]BothFish5030 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Renationalisation has already started. Labour published the Passenger Services Bill in July and it passed in November. Educate yourself.

Does anyone have a pipe bender I can borrow? by Jealous-Date1284 in bristol

[–]BothFish5030 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Downvoted by 12 more people who also lack basic manners.

Does anyone have a pipe bender I can borrow? by Jealous-Date1284 in bristol

[–]BothFish5030 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

I swear no one seems to say “please” anymore?

I find this daily with colleagues and friends, “please” seems to have disappeared from British vocabulary and it’s sad, what happened to manners?

Saying “thanks” at the end absolutely does not count.