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47 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:


So from ignorant and stupid to mentally ill and autistic. Excellent deflection. No, the only issue here is your lack of reading comprehension and completely unearned arrogance. 

I would get a second opinion.

 

Do you work in IT?

 

Just so you know, I engage on these threads because I like to get other people's perspectives on things. To hear different opinions. Sometimes I may change my view on something if an argument is well made or a perspective is presented that I hadn't previously considered. You on the other hand appear to want to bully anyone who doesn't share your opinions and appear to consider it as personal affront. "extremely well credentialed and experienced"   I don't think so.

 

I don't normally go in for personal insults but I will make an exception in your case. You are a grade-A arsehole.

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1 minute ago, HazelyCosmicJove said:

I would get a second opinion.

 

Do you work in IT?

 

Just so you know, I engage on these threads because I like to get other people's perspectives on things. To hear different opinions. Sometimes I may change my view on something if an argument is well made or a perspective is presented that I hadn't previously considered. You on the other hand appear to want to bully anyone who doesn't share your opinions and appear to consider it as personal affront. "extremely well credentialed and experienced"   I don't think so.

 

I don't normally go in for personal insults but I will make an exception in your case. You are a grade-A arsehole.

You work in it but can't understand how to not post the same thing twice?

Do you mean tandy?

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4 hours ago, Numero Veinticinco said:


Much of that wealth is going to be held in assets, stocks and shares, etc. You can’t treat it as taxable in the same way that you would as if it’s cash in a bank account. The cash held outside that has been taxed already. I think they absolutely do need to look at raising taxes that get more money from the most wealthy, but first and foremost they need to actually collect the tax that’s already owed by closing known loopholes. Then big business need to contribute more too. Currently it’s a shambles, but I don’t want them to do it in a way that harms growth either. They need to be smart about this. 

Taxing wealth wouldn't harm growth at all; quite the opposite. It would free up money for investment in services, benefits, infrastructure, etc. all of which would support growth.

 

Taxing wealth would be a simple enough task, as it would largely be down to self-assessment.  Anyone with wealth over a threshold (some have suggested £20 million) would have to declare it by a certain date and then have to pay a small percentage (1 or 2%) by a later date.  If that means they have to sell some shares, or whatever, to pay their tax bill, so be it.

 

Obviously, all the loopholes in the current system need fixing, too, but we need more than that to start to repair the damage of decades of spending cuts to support unfair taxation.

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2 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Taxing wealth wouldn't harm growth at all; quite the opposite. It would free up money for investment in services, benefits, infrastructure, etc. all of which would support growth.

 

Taxing wealth would be a simple enough task, as it would largely be down to self-assessment.  Anyone with wealth over a threshold (some have suggested £20 million) would have to declare it by a certain date and then have to pay a small percentage (1 or 2%) by a later date.  If that means they have to sell some shares, or whatever, to pay their tax bill, so be it.

 

Obviously, all the loopholes in the current system need fixing, too, but we need more than that to start to repair the damage of decades of spending cuts to support unfair taxation.


To clarify, what I said was that I want it done in a way that doesn’t hurt growth. There absolutely is a way of doing so that would hurt growth, with several notable examples, so I’d like to avoid that and use methods that work. 
 

I want to arrive at the same position, I just want to be careful of unintended consequences. We need to avoid being vindictive, tax isn’t a punishment its a consequence of doing well, we need to avoid being counter productive with capital flight, that sort of thing. 

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7 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:


To clarify, what I said was that I want it done in a way that doesn’t hurt growth. There absolutely is a way of doing so that would hurt growth, with several notable examples, so I’d like to avoid that and use methods that work
 

I want to arrive at the same position, I just want to be careful of unintended consequences. We need to avoid being vindictive, tax isn’t a punishment its a consequence of doing well, we need to avoid being counter productive with capital flight, that sort of thing. 

We are in danger of agreeing on something.

What do you have in mind?

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38 minutes ago, Chip Butty said:

He’s a great big bollock. 


King Kong Bundy 

Flying Brian Pillman 

Great Big Bollock 

 

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Mr Perfect 

Ravishing Rick Rude

The Honky Tonk Man


 

I should have been a wrestling promoter in the late 80s early 90s me. 

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