You are a top earner, your views on income tax?

Oh no, not the family breakup argument I'm just going to dismiss that.

Taxes should be (and are) charged on ability to pay. Rich people can afford it more than poor people, ergo they pay more. There, as simple as it needs to be.

I'm just going to dismiss that?



One minor problem, do you have any better ideas?



Attitude is negatively affected if people feel like their education is being dumbed down to suit the masses who shouldn't really be there.



Reducing taxes ---> people dying on the streets is a bit of a jump.

It is pretty ******* ridiculous tbh, add to the fact that you're basically paying for chavs and immigrants to multiply and slouch of responsibility for the progeny. When I go on facebook there are these group of slappers from my year in school bragging and talking about how they're X in line for a council house now they have a baby. Let the ******* die in the street if you ask me, teach them some responsibility. What sane society gives people houses for being a irresponsible slapper?

I actually agreed with you that grammar schools were a good idea. I GO to one!

The opinions of such people are few and far between, and usually restricted to the public school types.

No, it isn't. Look at the US.

Would you rather they were on the streets causing trouble?

If I employ someone to grit my drive at a salary of £60,000 per year, from which the government automatically deducts £24,000, then I am effectively paying £36,000 to that person and £24,000 to the government. If out of that remaining £36,000 they spend £16,000 on luxury goods, then I am effectively paying £33,600 to them and £2,400 to the government. So for every nominal £60,000 salary I issue, it is not unreasonable to say that I essentially tithe in excess of £24,000 to Gordon Brown; and that as an entrepreneur, all known taxation ultimately flows from my venture capital/revenue-generating activities - nevermind the money saved by the public sector whenever I opt for a chauffeur-driven limousine in lieu of a bus, or choose BUPA instead of the NHS (which, having indirectly contributed hundreds of millions of pounds to its coffers, I should feel no necessary obligation to do).



What did you mean?

But if your poor it gives you an incentive to become succesful.

The US is not a first world country it is a second world country. WHy should succesful people pay for those who couldn't be bothered to work in school when they were younger and haven't taken the risks that they have taken in order to become succesful.

The US is most definitely a First World country.

It is not merely a case of the successful being rewarded and the lazy not. Many people have not had the same opportunities as the more privelidged. Consequently it is harder for them so succeed later in life. Similarly, success often comes independent of hard work. In many cases, the wealthiest do not need to work as hard as those on lower incomes. If they can afford to pay more, and paying more would not dent their standard of living, why should they not?

if i'm poor it's not going to be because i don't want to be successful.

Look it up, the US is a second world country.

Wealthy people that start a business and become succeful always work harder than the workers. Hard work does not just involve heaving heavy bricks about. Generally thos that become succesful have worked hard all their lives wheras workers usuallly dossed about in school and now the only job that they can get is labouring. It is not the fault of succesful people that these people couldn't be bothered to work in school and get the qualifications neccesary to get a well paid job when they are older. So why should they pay for them?

I hope that there aren't many other people like you then.

I hope your lefty credentials won't go out the window when you've got a highly paid job....

Everyone's selfish in the end.

Its not a question of being selfish, it's just doing wht's best for you and your family

Ok I think we may be talking about different things, I don't know really what you mean as I am dumb.