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  1. Sky_Blue_Dreamer

    21/22 Summer transfer mega-thread

    Would have thought he'd have shown more interest in keeping Souare.
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    Match Thread Boro' Match Thread

    That's True, but Tony has the odd moment of pure Gold. Loved a tackle too. Will always remenber the time he went Through Barry Cades.
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    Fever Pitch : The Rise of the Premier League Documentary

    A tactic better known as 'Tory policy'
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    Bright and Robins

    Who the hell is Mark?
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    Bright and Robins

    They're Saturn-Uranus
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    I'm surprised by that because I thought he died a couple of years ago! I wonder who it was that actually died?
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    As a general rule the rules are clunky and over-complicated either because people have not been playing in the spirit of the system and they've needed to close loopholes or it's deliberate to make it very difficult to establish how much should be paid. I don't know about the construction...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Which is why the rate of tax should increase the more you have.The more you take from the higher amounts (who will be more than able to get by without them) the less you need take from those with more moderate means.
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    There is the argument that those that 'spunk it up the wall' are paying more tax because they're paying VAT on what they spend it on. Showing restraint and saving shouldn't be discouraged but there has to come a point whereby the amount saved becomes extortionate and it should be taxable in...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    As is your right. Point was that tax is seen as this terrible thing that is a complete waste and has virtually no benefit whereas things like dividends should be lauded and encouraged despite it often just being added onto someone already large bank balance. Last time I checked making sure...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    The problem with tax is it's a dirty word that the rich have spent a long time convincing people is a bad thing. It needs a rebrand. It's a public dividend.
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    If that nurse had significant pension payouts then yes.
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    There's nothing to stop there being a LEL for it. If you set it at the rate of the state pension everyone recieving that would be exempt. Then it gets paid on private pensions.
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    I'm quoting percentage because that's what the definition of progressive/regressive taxes are. A progressive tax is one where the percentage paid progessively increases the more you earn. A regressive tax is one where the percentage contributed regresses the more you earn.
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    Bright and Robins

    Perhaps he was out on the piss in Canary Wharf after his dad's funeral?
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    So the govt is actively suggesting loads of people are dying on thier watch from Covid that actually aren't to make people stay at home and shut things? Yep, I can see how that would increase their popularity and make them look good.
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Well, the argument is they're still using the services. And as more and more people get older the system has more and more people to care for with less and less people contributing. They still pay income tax. When it was started the amount you contributed paid for those now and then future...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Claiming it's progressive because there's a LEL under which people don't contribute is a bit of a stretch. Once you start contributing the percentage you pay goes down the more you earn. That makes it regressive.
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    You were the one that equated higher earnings as people 'bettering themselves'.
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