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Originally Posted by jb66
True, but if I worked hard to earn millions it's a kick in the teeth having to give 50% of my earnings to folk that can't be arsed getting of their backside
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Benefits are a small percentage of what tax gets spent on. There are plenty of other areas where the government wastes money.
I hit the highest tax bracket 15 years ago and hated as much as the next man the fact so much was taken from my salary. Before then I let someone else be on call sometimes to stop myself hitting the limit and end up with less money due to the extra tax percentage. So doing things to maximise your cash is natural but the extremely wealthy go way beyond that with their avoidance and it's not right they end up paying such a small percentage of tax compared to someone on an average wage.
The playing field is unbalanced in favour of the wealthy.
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Originally Posted by Bogof
On this board anything and anyone can be slagged into the ground. But god help us if we mention benefit fraud.
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It's because those in genuine need or ill get lumped together with the fraudsters and whenever benefit fraud is discussed, which demonises those who have done no wrong.