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Right on Wolfie, power to the people.
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When the people get the power, it corrupts. Just look at the French Revolution.
But people don’t get the power.
Wealthy people, wealthy businesses, wealthy lobby groups continuously influence political policy for vested interests.
Right wing populists like Farage, Johnson, Trump are the worst.
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From memory £15b that will be rechecked in 3 years.
they may trial jabs on some clinically obese if there are indications that it's preventing them from working.
NI - the BofE feel pay rises are going to be over inflation and higher than the NI increase. 4% as the job market is tight. Getting people who are ill working would loosen that aspect.
The working needy as you may have noticed have been given a decent wage increase.
LOL More political bias as per with Trump. Not really relevant without facts.
Employees are working people.
Employees do not pay employer NI
You know that really.
No it isn't.
So you are referring to the sentence that says
"Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT."
It does not say "we will not increase taxes on employers."
Power corrupts, regardless of societal status, wealth etc.
Here's my point.
Imagine we had a so called uprising here in the UK. UK and devolved governments overturned. Hooray, 'the people' are now in power.
How long do you think the utopia would last? How long do you think it would take for whatever form of socialism that replaced said governments to fray at the edges?
What we have may indeed often be sh1te, however I'm far from convinced humankind has it within itself to do much better, certainly not on a long term basis.
Why? Because power corrupts.
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wrong as usual.
Labour’s manifesto didn’t explicitly specify that the commitment applied only to employee National Insurance, leading Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) director Paul Johnson to say earlier this month that increasing employer NICs would seem to be a “straightforward breach of a manifesto commitment”.
It’s also worth noting that in some interviews ahead of the election Ms Reeves did not appear to make it clear that Labour’s commitment not to increase National Insurance only applied to employee NICs.
OBR forecasts that approximately three-quarters of the employer NICs will be passed on to employees through lower real wages, thereby reducing the overall amount raised by the measure after accounting for its indirect effects.
The OBR also says that the passing-on of the employer NICs increase is partly responsible for what it forecasts will be a “sharp” slowdown in real household disposable income growth in 2026/27 and 2027/28.
Did the Budget break Labour’s National Insurance commitment? - Full Fact
The government’s announcement that it is raising employer NI contributions has led to debate about exactly what Labour promised in its manifesto.
fullfact.org
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All wonderful etc but ignores the reasons for her increasing it. She has for that very reason.
So it's a surprise but I am sure even you were aware of what they meant by not increasing tax on working people - and lo along comes another word game even when people knew what group they were talking about.
It seems the word players can't consider the possible effects of the increase. They would rather stick to biased rants,
Employees are working people.
Employees do not pay employer NI
You know that really.
No it isn't.
Employees do not pay employer NI
You know that really.
No it isn't.
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I think it's fairly clear, from the independent assessments that Labour broke their manifesto pledges. I didn't for one moment think that Labour wouldn't increase taxes and debt.
Sadly I can also see the strategy, coupled with other plans, will cost UK jobs. It's already happening. it was not a budget for businesses it was a budget to look after public sector/unionised workforces. Labour's core.
Meanwhile the top 10% keep paying more taxes, despite already paying most of them.
One of the results of having lots of money is that sometimes you are required to pay some tax.
However, it is almost universally agreed that life is more comfortable having lots of money than having very little.
Biking is one of the people who falsely pretends that life is hard, being rich.
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Perhaps John would prefer everyone to earn the same money, no matter how talented or lazy they are. I'm sure he thinks high paid people are a parasite on "hard working people".
I didn't acquire my wealth or high pay, by luck and I'm certain that many low paid people can reach higher earnings with the right focus and help.
Some prefer to get it for free and some like to pretend its their right, due to being made poor by the wealthy.
I didn't acquire my wealth or high pay, by luck and I'm certain that many low paid people can reach higher earnings with the right focus and help.
Some prefer to get it for free and some like to pretend its their right, due to being made poor by the wealthy.
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