A £70,000 salary defines you as rich?

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Originally Posted by SWv2

Out of curiosity who was it that decided this arbitrary figure of £70k??

It does not seem a lot to me as you have correctly pointed out a few normal outgoings would eat into that quite considerably.

Moving away from the cut and thrust of debate regarding the concepts of rich v wealth, I personally would define being wealthy as being able to live the life one wanted to the very full, and at 70k I am not sure that would always be the case.

I suspect the figure was the output of some scientist of analyst **** with a massively large head, a chap (or female, who knows) who once they stepped out of the safe environs of their office or lab would struggle to find their own arse using both hands.

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Labour have decided :hehe:

I am beginning to believe they are just one big pisstake now.

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

I made no judgement, merely a description of what he is.

His porn is rubbish though

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Is it the porn where the tart waggles her mobile at the sad viewer ?

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Originally Posted by SWv2

Out of curiosity who was it that decided this arbitrary figure of £70k??

It does not seem a lot to me as you have correctly pointed out a few normal outgoings would eat into that quite considerably.

Moving away from the cut and thrust of debate regarding the concepts of rich v wealth, I personally would define being wealthy as being able to live the life one wanted to the very full, and at 70k I am not sure that would always be the case.

I suspect the figure was the output of some scientist of analyst **** with a massively large head, a chap (or female, who knows) who once they stepped out of the safe environs of their office or lab would struggle to find their own arse using both hands.

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The Labour party, opening its election campaign by declaring that they will increase taxes on 'the rish'. When presse, they defined these 'rich' as those earning £70k+.

You are quite right. A decent safari holiday, for example, is going to cost you a minimum of £25k. A rich man who can't afford the holiday he would like is not, by definition, rich.

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Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige

You'd get taxed 55% on that over here :hehe:

:-|

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Yes, that's why you need all those immigrants, I suppose.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

I remember when Channel 5 used to show those terrible movies late at night.
It usually had the same woman in them with a rubbish story.

Titles like Executive briefs.

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Shannon Tweed? I was working on TV listings mag when it launched, I'm sure her name cropped up a lot

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

Yes, that's why you need all those immigrants, I suppose.

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I would like to introduce a new policy of capping immigrants earnings.
and possibly taxing them.

then they can stay at my Bed and Brexit hotel in Dover before they are processed and deported

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Originally Posted by Sir C

The Labour party, opening its election campaign by declaring that they will increase taxes on 'the rish'. When presse, they defined these 'rich' as those earning £70k+.

You are quite right. A decent safari holiday, for example, is going to cost you a minimum of £25k. A rich man who can't afford the holiday he would like is not, by definition, rich.

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rish
presse

I think your stroke is getting worserer
:-(

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Someone's got to pay for all that free childcare, b.

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The irony being, of course, that no-one actually has any time to have children as they're all too busy working to pay all that tax and still afford a life :-|

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Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas

rish
presse

I think your stroke is getting worserer
:-(

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I just had to stagger around a shop. Everyone thought I was píssed :-(

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Shannon Tweed? I was working on TV listings mag when it launched, I'm sure her name cropped up a lot

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She's Gene Simmons wife?

There was another lady with dark hair and massive Bristols. Sodd would know this sort of thing

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Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas

rish
presse

I think your stroke is getting worserer
:-(

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:hehe: or he's slowly turning chinese.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

She's Gene Simmons wife?

There was another lady with dark hair and massive Bristols. Sodd would know this sort of thing

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My word - so she is. And yes Sodd would know - RIP Sodd

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I just had to stagger around a shop. Everyone thought I was píssed :-(

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Or on Spice

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Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas

Or on Spice

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Old Spice, perhaps.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

:hehe: or he's slowly turning chinese.

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Recently I have been walking round and trying to say Chilli Sauce in a Greek accent
I have found that a pout helps make it sound authentic

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Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas

Recently I have been walking round and trying to say Chilli Sauce in a Greek accent
I have found that a pout helps make it sound authentic

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It annoys me if I have 'Italian' food in England and pronounce the items correctly the waiter doesn't know what I want.

Unless it's a proper italian restaurant and then they assume I know more and start waffling on in Italian and I have to stop them.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

It annoys me if I have 'Italian' food in England and pronounce the items correctly the waiter doesn't know what I want.

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:hehe:
Waiter : Funghi ?
Pat : Pizza alla funguy
Waiter : Ahh Si si

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Someone's got to pay for all that free childcare, b.

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And let's not forget that all of the Allans need a nice warm bed.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

roll ups are not nice. :-(

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Opinion.

Economic necessity drove me to rollups 30 years ago and it wasn't long before I preferred them to cigs, which to me now mainly taste of the chemical fuses in them to keep them burning.

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Originally Posted by SWv2

Happiness, health, inner peace.

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Good man.

There's much to be said for being able to enjoy the Bare Necessities of Life.

https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.V...ACpEs&pid=15.1

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Originally Posted by Ash

Opinion.

Economic necessity drove me to rollups 30 years ago and it wasn't long before I preferred them to cigs, which to me now mainly taste of the chemical fuses in them to keep them burning.

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I did my chest in and made my fingers dirty and smelly.
I am sure I would have got used to them.

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Originally Posted by Peter

In neither circumstance are they rich. They still couldn't buy a **** house in an average area of London.

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Exactly. Really stoopid to call a 70k-incomer rich for this simple reason.

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Originally Posted by Ash

Opinion.

Economic necessity drove me to rollups 30 years ago and it wasn't long before I preferred them to cigs, which to me now mainly taste of the chemical fuses in them to keep them burning.

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Right on, brother.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

I did my chest in and made my fingers dirty and smelly.
I am sure I would have got used to them.

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Good filters, the slimmer the better, and the right tobacco resolves this. I got used to them in a couple of days and fags now taste of **** to me.

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Originally Posted by Peter

Good filters, the slimmer the better, and the right tobacco resolves this. I got used to them in a couple of days and fags now taste of **** to me.

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You look like a rolly smoker all the same.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

What utter tosh. £70,000 equates to around £4,000 per month, net. Call it £1,000 per week.

Now let's subtract essentials: Cigarettes and booze, £210 per week. Food, £200 per week.

So we're left with £590 per week to pay for motoring expenses, eating out, holidays and staff?

Fúck off. Impossible.

Obviously you can live reasonably comfortably on £70k (assuming you don't have a mortgage, naturally) but 'rich'? Absolute nonsense.

Shows how out of touch with ordinary people the left is.

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So it's the top 5%. Surprisingly low value. I'd have figured that at over £100k. I'd happily pay more tax if I thought it would do any good, but I'd imagine they'll just piss it up the wall anyway.

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Originally Posted by AFC East

Whose definition is it?

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John McDonell.

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Originally Posted by SWv2

You look like a rolly smoker all the same.

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You mean I look poor?

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

She's Gene Simmons wife?

There was another lady with dark hair and massive Bristols. Sodd would know this sort of thing

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She happens to be Canadian, doncha know. Was a Playboy Playmate when I was a young man in university.

Bit of Canadian porn trivia for you chaps there.

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Originally Posted by Peter

You mean I look poor?

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Yes, when I met you, you did. You also looked like a hippy deviant as well.

No offence, of course. :-)

After tax that would get you one year at a good boarding school.

Sadly :-(

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Originally Posted by World's End Stella

Yes, when I met you, you did. You also looked like a hippy deviant as well.

No offence, of course. :-)

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Guilty on both charges :)

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Originally Posted by World's End Stella

She happens to be Canadian, doncha know. Was a Playboy Playmate when I was a young man in university.

Bit of Canadian porn trivia for you chaps there.

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Top top trivia indeed

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Top top trivia indeed

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:nod: I didn't know Wes was a playboy playmate.

Average salary in the U.K. is something like 25k so using that as a basis 70k is probably not totally illogical being almost 3 times the average

As your earnings increase so do your outgoings, bigger house, nicer car, nicer holidays. You need to get over 500k to really feel flush, anything over that just goes into the pot for the supercar collection

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Originally Posted by taxman10

Average salary in the U.K. is something like 25k so using that as a basis 70k is probably not totally illogical being almost 3 times the average

As your earnings increase so do your outgoings, bigger house, nicer car, nicer holidays. You need to get over 500k to really feel flush, anything over that just goes into the pot for the supercar collection

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you scare me taxman, fancy a pint? I like to have ****z like you onside ;-)

Lol. Probably worth pointing out I don't work for hmrc. The civil service never appealed to me