A £70,000 salary defines you as rich?

[Pat Vegas]

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.

Labour have decided

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

[Sir C]

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.

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.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

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.

rish
presse

I think your stroke is getting worserer

[Ash]

Happiness, health, inner peace.

Good man.

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

[Billy Goat Sverige]

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.

You'd get taxed 55% on that over here

[Sir C]

You'd get taxed 55% on that over here

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

[redgunamo]

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

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

[Rich]

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

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

[redgunamo]

You'd get taxed 55% on that over here

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

[Pat Vegas]

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

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