Not an ordinary working person if you earn over 45k

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Disincentivising anyone to strive to earn over 45k a year is a bizarre strategy for growth i feel

Aibu?

I was a hospital cleaner and was on my hands and knees cleaning the kick plates on a door.
A lady came past with her child and said to them that they needed to work hard at school or they would end up like me (and I saw her point at me).
One of the cleaners I worked with was a medical student. We had a mix of ages, but many people joined the lower bands of the NHS to get NHS experience.

But not everywhere I'm about 40 mins out of London. Never seen and local people who can't speak good English. And no uni students here either

Correct path! My path is the right one for me and my circumstances thanks very much.

Well that lady that said that to you is just a massive C☆☆t

Then what have you done with your life? Skills, progression, quality of life? Bettering yourself?

Just plodded along doing the same thing forever?

I don’t receive a state pension as I’m not a pensioner. I’m one of those “non-workers” who actually work. Think you have quoted the wrong person!

You'd have to be quite a certain age if you can remember that, well done you !!

Or did you mean outside Gails for some fresh £5 sourdough?😀

They are greedy corporates filling their shareholders pockets

Do you have any pension? if yes, you're most likely to be their shareholder so you really do want them to do well.

Btw, retail works on notoriously small margins.

This government are breaking manifesto promises and instead of delivering a budget for growth RR is about to hit the squeezed middle. I detest RR who is a compulsive liar and I wish she'd get fired.

All this proves is MPs aren’t working people.

The world is like living in a shocking novel - the US is the Handmaids Tale and we’re all in Animal Farm.

At Sainsbury’s, chief executive Simon Roberts took home £5.18m for the year to 1 March, a rise on the £4.81m he received last year. His package included a base salary of just over £1m, along with £1.94m in annual bonuses and £2.17m in long-term incentives.
Sainsbury’s also lifted its retail operating profits by 7.2% to £1.04bn, with full-year sales up 3% to £31.5bn. The supermarket chain has issued a more cautious forecast for the year ahead, warning of flat profit expectations as competition remains fierce.
Tight margins eh 🤔

love this. so true

Good lord that’s rude.

There is nothing wrong with plodding along and doing the same thing forever.

Some people literally can not do anything but that.

Aa good work/life balance is vital. Otherwise, what is the point? We work to live, not live to work.

Yes of course, all the people who benefit were in uproar! The sense of entitlement of some of these people is astonishing. They think that everybody else owes them a living. Disability benefits in particular are ballooning.

My point being they should! They do this for everyone on benefits. A single income household on 45k is very different to a double income household of around £60k.

As a single person I have worked hard over the last 10 years to ensure I can afford to live comfortably with rising costs and inflation. I have never claimed any benefits yet pay into a system for nothing in return. Poorer service from the council, GPs, hospitals and higher increase on all bills year on year.

Why should I now pay more tax so that those that choose not to work benefit?

The OSR and BBC verify concluded his figures risked misleading people. It was an estimate beyond civil service provided figures and summed together over four years. What do my energy bills have to do with income taxation?

Well yes of course but my point was that they won't take individual circumstances into account

I do however agree with you

😂1970's thanks!

You only get pension credit if you aren't getting the full state pension of £11,973 per year. They don't top you up to £45K!

My calcs after googling and AI show a post tax profit margin of 0.766%

Good on him them.

The people who benefit are in uproar because any cuts would plunge them into poverty.
But you clearly have believed the narrative that people on benefits are raking it in.
Yes, the benefits bills is huge, but speak to an individual that is on benefits and you will see that they are fucking scared about any cuts to the meagre money they get already.

Labour promised to reduce them....remember?
Come back to me after the budget and see whether he mislead anyone.

But some people who get universal credit esrn more than £45k. How can they be simultaneously in poverty and, according to some people on this thread, earning a salary beyond most people’s wildest dreams?

Should we make a new thread?