Jimmy Carr overcome by grief

its because of things like this that the rich-poor divide is so large

normal bloke working 9-5 pays his taxes via paye, so cannot get an accountant / scheme to be creative with his taxes

well off bloke who has an accountant and a "company" can get away with paying a fraction of what they should pay

this means the rich get richer and the average joe (who is still working hard) doesnt
 
OldCoals said:
Maybe if people had a choice on how there tax was spent things would be different. I loathe the idea that any of my tax goes towards supporting the children of ****less fathers.
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so you would rather the children died/starved?

i agree we need a change in culture but how will that encourage the scroungers to work when they see the super rich not paying their way or the MPs screwing every ounce of cash from us?

the top need to lead by example first, which many do not.
 
Robbo said:
None of them do, because none of them really care.

They're just using the fact that someone is wealthy as an excuse to berate them, probably out of jealousy.
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yeah, i mean nobody volunteers ever do they? charity shops are just a fallicy and charities are a figment of my imagination

well, since i have i can call you for the ****** you are. i have spent a lot of my time helping the illiterate to become PC literate and helping people less fortunate than myself.

i dont begrudge him earning his money, he is a busy man and i find him amusing in the most part. i begrudge him not paying his dues.
 
shoes said:
But it saddens me that you probably will, and will happily sit there taking child benefit, tax credits, and using all of the other wonderful resources paid for by taxes paid by large corporations and high earners whilst teaching your own urchin offspring the same ridiculous values and anti-establishment morals which are only serving to drive this country into a pit of self loathing ineptitude.

Instead of bashing the rich for being better at what they do than you are, why don't you get off your filthy left wing hippy backside, get a wash and start earning some money so you can donate it all to our panoptic welfare system by way of tax.
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Love this post, i would rate it 5 stars if i could
 
realBabelfish said:
so you would rather the children died/starved?

i agree we need a change in culture but how will that encourage the scroungers to work when they see the super rich not paying their way or the MPs screwing every ounce of cash from us?

the top need to lead by example first, which many do not.
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Take their benefits off them.
 
realBabelfish said:
yeah, i mean nobody volunteers ever do they? charity shops are just a fallicy and charities are a figment of my imagination

well, since i have i can call you for the ****** you are. i have spent a lot of my time helping the illiterate to become PC literate and helping people less fortunate than myself.

i dont begrudge him earning his money, he is a busy man and i find him amusing in the most part. i begrudge him not paying his dues.
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Capitalise!
 
realBabelfish said:
i dont begrudge him earning his money, he is a busy man and i find him amusing in the most part. i begrudge him not paying his dues.
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You can say that all you like, but why didn't you reply to what Telescopi said when he posted it then?

Yeah, I bet you 'missed it'. ;)
 
shoes said:
But it saddens me that you probably will, and will happily sit there taking child benefit, tax credits, and using all of the other wonderful resources paid for by taxes paid by large corporations and high earners whilst teaching your own urchin offspring the same ridiculous values and anti-establishment morals which are only serving to drive this country into a pit of self loathing ineptitude.

Instead of bashing the rich for being better at what they do than you are, why don't you get off your filthy left wing hippy backside, get a wash and start earning some money so you can donate it all to our panoptic welfare system by way of tax.
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I missed this. Only noticed as someone quoted it. Superb post :D.
 
realBabelfish said:
really? so someone earning millions a year pays less than 1% tax and you guys are ok with that?

im actually quite shocked.

i pay my taxes why shouldnt he? these loopholes must be closed. everyone must pay their share (although it seems obvious the rich with decent lawyers can pay less than the rest of us)

there is a moral argument for everyone to contribute to society. the fact the super rich can not pay and expect the 'plebs' to pay their share, to me, seems very immoral.
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Do you pay more tax than you have to? Or do you just pay the required amount?

That is all that he has done here, paid what is required, no extra. He has abided by the law.

The fact that DC has publicly attacked one person when there are many corporations and banks doing worse, and that his own father did this (and where most of his inheritance has come from) is the thing that shocks me! Look at the state of our government and, for example, the expenses fiasco. How can he keep a straight face and try and lecture Jimmy Carr on what is morally wrong?
 
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