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Amusing (or not, really) article on the BBC, with different people's struggles before the upcoming budget. Most people struggling to make ends meet, and then the one person earning an extra 0, and spending more on childcare than other parents are earning in a month, worrying about how a raise in CGT will impact their potential "earnings" 😂
branwen-
I read that article and was struck by two things.
The person on £150k, but "skint" and complaining that they won't be able to afford energy costs but at the same time worried about CGT when she becomes a partner in the firm she works for. Honestly, fucking listen to yourself you greedy bellend.
And, naively, I had no idea someone could earn £33k on benefits. No value in that statement, I simply wasn't aware.
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Don’t be like Yasmin who hasn’t figured out how to make her £150k salary look like £70k despite apparently being smart enough to command such a salary at 31.
Where do they find these people? AI?
Ben689908
Howard
It's telling I guess... The amount of people on my LinkedIn feed spouting nonsense and penning open letters to the Chancellor about the negative effects of any abolition of business asset disposal relief will have on the 'entrepreneur economy' of the UK is making me feel sick.
I paraphrase, but it goes something like this:
"Please please Rachel don't be an idiot, we risked everything to start our businesses and become rich and if the govt doesn't allow us to reap the benefits of this by not taxing us on that risky income [even though all our employees that did the work to build this unicorn have paid all their taxes, all the way through, and likely worked for basically fuck all in the early years] then we'll just be absolutely forced to go and live in Dubai (assuming we can come and go freely all time because every knows Dubai is a bit shit). If you do this, you will be ripping the heart out of the entrepreneurial spirit of all UK citizens because nobody anywhere ever starts a business unless they can totally buy three Ferraris. It's not too late to change your mind, you idiot."
Is my view of the world so myopic that I cannot see past my working-class hang-ups or do these people need a fucking reality check?