Gigantic Purple Slug Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Peter Hun said: Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans for a new “stealth tax” on wealthy pensioners as he seeks to repair Britain’s finances after the pandemic, The Times has learnt. The chancellor is expected to announce in his budget next week that the lifetime allowance, the amount people can build up in their pension pot before incurring punitive tax charges, will be frozen for the rest of this parliament at just over £1 million. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/budget-2021-rishi-sunak-tax-raid-pensioners-lifetime-allowance-jjjnx7swl Once again, tax increases on pensions is passed off as a tax on pensioners. Existing pensioners, Tory voters, will not be affected. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9303665/Rishi-Sunak-faces-Tory-pressure-Budget-tax-hike-fears.html Rage running the same story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former postman Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Maybe they could put those water cannon to good use and load them up with 20 pound notes, tour the country and spray money everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satsuma Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, Postman said: Maybe they could put those water cannon to good use and load them up with 20 pound notes, tour the country and spray money everywhere. Did you miss the first round of money spewed all over? There is no doubt the next round will be smaller but it will happen. Inflate inflate inflate is the mantra. As for the tax increases, hilarious, those are just to make it appear that some sort of plan is being followed 🤑. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, wighty said: The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, SEISS. The third grant was worth 80 percent of average monthly trading profits, capped at £7,500 in total for the three-month period. The months of February to April 2021 will be covered by a fourth SEISS grant. You can do what you like. I will, as can you. The real scam is the ex-banker handing out money so people keep paying the bankers to support asset prices. Who do I report that to ? Edited February 26, 2021 by TheCountOfNowhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wighty Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just now, TheCountOfNowhere said: I will, as can you. lol - I didnt mean you. I meant if you were on SEISS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former postman Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just now, satsuma said: Did you miss the first round of money spewed all over? There is no doubt the next round will be smaller but it will happen. Inflate inflate inflate is the mantra. As for the tax increases, hilarious, those are just to make it appear that some sort of plan is being followed 🤑. It didn't escape me, but hey let's just go wild, currency has no value any more, let's all have a party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsBuild Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, satsuma said: He as the demeanour of a man that has no real life experience, I suppose this is not his fault, when you are born into megawealth you cant be expected to live in the real world. Why we continue to vote for these people....... Yeah, it is the people of his constituency that are the problem. They went to the ballot box and ticked next to his name, presumably they read about who he was beforehand and thought ‘if anyone can relate to my day to day experiences and problems as a common pleb, it’s going to be this billionaire’ Edited February 26, 2021 by LetsBuild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 11 minutes ago, Postman said: It didn't escape me, but hey let's just go wild, currency has no value any more, let's all have a party. Then what ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former postman Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, TheCountOfNowhere said: Then what ? ???? profit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubuntu Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 he had a typical upper miidle class upbringing, dad a doctor, mum had her own pharmacy but then became a bankster and married really well into a billionaire family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/30/rishi-sunak-wife-akshata-murty-imm-mauritius-india-tax Rishi Sunak's wife owns part of firm that funnelled money through Mauritius https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/27/huge-wealth-of-sunaks-family-not-declared-in-ministerial-register Huge wealth of Rishi Sunak's family not declared in ministerial register https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/29/rishi-sunak-reverted-to-tory-type-when-he-chose-to-leave-world-poor-behind Rishi Sunak reverted to Tory type when he chose to leave the world’s poor behind https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/29/rishi-sunak-ministerial-code-watchdog-family-shares Ethics watchdog asked to assess if Rishi Sunak broke ministerial code https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13928767/rishi-sunak-bully-fuel-duty-rise/ RISHI BUSINESS Rishi Sunak accused of trying to ‘bully’ Northern Tory MPs into accepting rise in fuel duty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 4 hours ago, Bruce Banner said: What surprises me is that so few people seem to see through his smiley exterior. It was blindingly obvious to me when he first came onto my radar, as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, that he was bad news. He`s just a child playing on his game console fires a few shots and pickups lots of tokens on the way looking for the exit to the next level and a power up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Pop321 said: I hadn’t realised the extent of ‘the great giveaway’. I knew the decorator over the road was getting £2.5k a month despite still working and another friend who owns several serviced apartments in town had claimed lots and lots of money and has spent 6 months in Australia enjoying himself...however there’s more. An old friend told me he has a couple of holiday lets in Scarborough and Whitby. They do well but after manage my charges, cleaning charges, extensive voids in winter etc he is lucky to earn £14k a year from both. But that’s fine for his purposes. However once covid struck he received £10k on each, then another £4k (on each) and as Scarborough moved to tier 3 in December another £450 for that one. So no cleaning, no management charges, no work and he has received £28,450. He loves it but kept telling me he had to pay tax on it... So guess what. Yep, both flats are getting a makeover with the money so he can offset some tax. And with the extra he has put a deposit on a new place. Apologies for what I am sure will be a story I repeat on other threads but literally there are some people out there who ‘financially’ are enjoying covid very much. I have wondered why lots of commercial property on high streets hasn’t been coming up for sale....I guess everyone is holding on until the money tree stops shedding leaves. many are doing very well. surely it will all stop one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump Invective Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 11 minutes ago, longgone said: many are doing very well. surely it will all stop one day. What I don't get is why there has been so little tweaking of the free cash - to get to those missing out. Surely their initial plan to give the cash to the richest didn't work so well that they didn't need to change it up a bit to make sure other rich people gained access to the trough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wighty Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 37 minutes ago, longgone said: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/30/rishi-sunak-wife-akshata-murty-imm-mauritius-india-tax Rishi Sunak's wife owns part of firm that funnelled money through Mauritius https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/27/huge-wealth-of-sunaks-family-not-declared-in-ministerial-register Huge wealth of Rishi Sunak's family not declared in ministerial register https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/29/rishi-sunak-reverted-to-tory-type-when-he-chose-to-leave-world-poor-behind Rishi Sunak reverted to Tory type when he chose to leave the world’s poor behind https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/29/rishi-sunak-ministerial-code-watchdog-family-shares Ethics watchdog asked to assess if Rishi Sunak broke ministerial code https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13928767/rishi-sunak-bully-fuel-duty-rise/ RISHI BUSINESS Rishi Sunak accused of trying to ‘bully’ Northern Tory MPs into accepting rise in fuel duty Old news and all without substance. Maybe you dont like him but no need to trash him without justification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 39 minutes ago, longgone said: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/30/rishi-sunak-wife-akshata-murty-imm-mauritius-india-tax Rishi Sunak's wife owns part of firm that funnelled money through Mauritius https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/27/huge-wealth-of-sunaks-family-not-declared-in-ministerial-register Huge wealth of Rishi Sunak's family not declared in ministerial register https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/29/rishi-sunak-reverted-to-tory-type-when-he-chose-to-leave-world-poor-behind Rishi Sunak reverted to Tory type when he chose to leave the world’s poor behind https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/29/rishi-sunak-ministerial-code-watchdog-family-shares Ethics watchdog asked to assess if Rishi Sunak broke ministerial code https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13928767/rishi-sunak-bully-fuel-duty-rise/ RISHI BUSINESS Rishi Sunak accused of trying to ‘bully’ Northern Tory MPs into accepting rise in fuel duty #**** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just now, wighty said: Old news and all without substance. Maybe you dont like him but no need to trash him without justification. Never met the man but I can tell he's a total and utter self serving **** from his actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wighty Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just now, TheCountOfNowhere said: Never met the man but I can tell he's a total and utter self serving **** from his actions. He may well be, he is a politician afterall. Just saying no need to trash someone with irrelavant comment when you dont know the facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebbles Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 4 hours ago, Peter Hun said: Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans for a new “stealth tax” on wealthy pensioners as he seeks to repair Britain’s finances after the pandemic, The Times has learnt. The chancellor is expected to announce in his budget next week that the lifetime allowance, the amount people can build up in their pension pot before incurring punitive tax charges, will be frozen for the rest of this parliament at just over £1 million. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/budget-2021-rishi-sunak-tax-raid-pensioners-lifetime-allowance-jjjnx7swl Once again, tax increases on pensions is passed off as a tax on pensioners. Existing pensioners, Tory voters, will not be affected. Indeed this is portrayed as a tax on the old it isn't. pensioners wont be affected by this this is squarely aimed at the young. The man is a disgrace why cant you just tax inherited and unproductive assets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, TheCountOfNowhere said: #**** 😂 indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, wighty said: Old news and all without substance. Maybe you dont like him but no need to trash him without justification. ohh you will call me a racist next and that his dad drove a nissan sunny and had a fancy gold cover on the tissue box on the parcel shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 57 minutes ago, longgone said: He`s just a child playing on his game console fires a few shots and pickups lots of tokens on the way looking for the exit to the next level and a power up. He only got the job because Javid refused to agree to No 11 SPADS being subordinate to No 10 SPADS and Sunak didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 42 minutes ago, Trump Invective said: What I don't get is why there has been so little tweaking of the free cash - to get to those missing out. Surely their initial plan to give the cash to the richest didn't work so well that they didn't need to change it up a bit to make sure other rich people gained access to the trough? the rich have a different door. Back entry. 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bruce Banner said: He only got the job because Javid refused to agree to No 11 SPADS being subordinate to No 10 SPADS and Sunak didn't. oh you mean the eyesight testers that only works near castles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothernsoul Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 The people who haven't gained from covid are those who the system screwed over before covid and were ignored. For example, a young person without children, renting, on insecure contract in the service industry, who gets made unemployed outright and is expected to live on 79 quid a week unemployment benefit irrespective of the tax and national insurance they have paid. Or similar person who gets sick in their job and gets 98 quid a week sick pay(minus the first three days.) Or somebody working full time at asda or in a nursing home on minimum wage throughout the whole crisis. The whole point of generous furlough(that wasnt even capped at minimum wage) and other measures was to provide temporary "middle class benefits",so the tory voting base wouldnt have to fall back on an inadequate, non contribution based welfare system,there would have been a revolt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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