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Old 03-10-2022, 21:01   #696
jfman
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Re: New Prime Minister: Liz Truss

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
That's a question rendered in leftie spite not logic. Bankers are not like the rest of us in terms of their jobs. Their industry provides a huge chunk of the UK's tax revenues and the more they earn, the more they pay.
If they're that good it should be consolidated pay. Pay them millions. Taxed at 45% sounds good to me. Reasonable reward for a good day at work if the shareholders say so.

Bonuses encourages perverse behaviours at the roulette wheel underwritten by the taxpayer.

If they're not that good, or it depends on how well you know Kwasi Kwarteng or any of the insiders attempting to steer this hapless government then I'd suggest jail rather than reward.

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