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[peds]

13 hours ago, sime42 said:

Interesting. Now we're getting down to the nitty gritty details of the issue.
I heard an article in the FT mentioned earlier; saying that the rise of mass shooting events in recent years in the US was at least partly due to the increased use of Social Media. I wonder if that is correlated with income inequality.

The Wikipedia page for the shooting is a pretty wild read already, and I can only see more content being added over the coming days. 

Robb Elementary School shooting - Wikipedia

EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

 

[Johnsond]

High tax rates in Scotland bring in £200m less, says IFS

WWW.THETIMES.CO.UK

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Imposing higher rates of income tax on residents in Scotland has triggered a decline in revenues...

heres one for Mark J !!. 
Not surprisingly since the SNP upped the tax rates in Scotland the actual tax take has fallen. The socialist desire to take from the hard working to spend as they see fit does not seem to be quite working out as envisaged. I know from my own experience since the tax rises up here  that guys have hit a point and stopped working deeming the sacrifices vs rewards just not worth it. I often wonder if the 25% across the board concept  after say a 15k tax free start would bring in more long term than all the various bands. 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Johnsond

[GarethM]

Didn't Nicola also go down south with the begging bowl yesterday?.

[coppice cutter]

It's not a begging bowl, it's fair and just recompense for centuries of English oppression and exploitation,

 

 

...................................in her mind!

[GarethM]

Wassailing or it is more reparations?.

Could we get those Romans back to sort the wall or are we a bit over the warranty period ?

[coppice cutter]

On 30/05/2022 at 22:11, peds said:

The Wikipedia page for the shooting is a pretty wild read already, and I can only see more content being added over the coming days. 

Robb Elementary School shooting - Wikipedia

EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

 

Jeez louise, that was one f**ked up boy.

 

OK fair enough, it was too easy for someone so screwed up to purchase the guns, but there was so much more going on there and absolutely nothing to do with the second amendment.

 

Social media, the gaming industry, the film industry (sounds like he was channelling a bit of Anton Chigurh!), incompetence of government agencies, etc, etc.

 

Truly awful in every way.

[GarethM]

I've not read the article, but I can only guess most people on arbtalk are well adjusted types 30+ years of age.

 

We've all grown up with 1980s gory films, video games (ok graphics have gotten more real) and turned out well adjusted.

 

The only real change that I can see is the overwhelming reach of social media and 24/7 news.

 

You can't help but also notice the constant mental health excuses wheeled out everywhere, not saying there is not a problem but if the media is to be believed there must be a huge increase compared to historical figures.

[Mark J]

9 hours ago, Johnsond said:

High tax rates in Scotland bring in £200m less, says IFS

WWW.THETIMES.CO.UK

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Imposing higher rates of income tax on residents in Scotland has triggered a decline in revenues...

heres one for Mark J !!. 
Not surprisingly since the SNP upped the tax rates in Scotland the actual tax take has fallen. The socialist desire to take from the hard working to spend as they see fit does not seem to be quite working out as envisaged. I know from my own experience since the tax rises up here  that guys have hit a point and stopped working deeming the sacrifices vs rewards just not worth it. I often wonder if the 25% across the board concept  after say a 15k tax free start would bring in more long term than all the various bands. 

Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland 2020-21

WWW.GOV.SCOT

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Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) is a National Statistics publication. It estimates the revenue...

Here's one for you mate, the full facts and not just a Murdoch soundbite.

I'm not disputing that some of your friends have stopped working as the tax imposed makes it seem to be a bad proposition. Personally I'd pay a decent accountant some money and crack on, but each to their very own. 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Mark J

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Mark J said:

Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland 2020-21

WWW.GOV.SCOT

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Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) is a National Statistics publication. It estimates the revenue...

Here's one for you mate, the full facts and not just a Murdoch soundbite.

I'm not disputing that some of your friends have stopped working as the tax imposed makes it seem to be a bad proposition. Personally I'd pay a decent accountant some money and crack on, but each to their very own. 

Lol Mark it’s the newspaper reporting the IFS report bud 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ It’s all over the news up here bud, sorry if you don’t want to hear it. The link you posted is the governments own site 🤷‍♂️. Or does Murdoch manage the IFS source too??. Dispute it if you want or dont Mark it makes no difference to me I’m telling you the truth. 41% up here after 43k 40% after 50k over the border stick some NI on and bang your at 50%. Maybe it’s the thought of giving half your wages to the snp for being away from your family for weeks at a time but lads are knocking back trips to stay at a certain level. A tax system that encourages you not to work is a failure As the drop in revenues have proven. A decent accountant or not you can only get the figures down so far legitimately especially as ltd companies are not allowed in many cases nowadays post IR35. You wouldn’t work for half your day rate Mark, not even to fund your socialist crush Sturgeon. Please don’t quote some shite about NSea oil as that mad bunch of fools were until a few weeks ago wanting to shut the whole bloody place down to keep her green majority vote partners sweet.

Just been reading the report you put the link up to Mark 🤷‍♂️ what was it that you thought was gonna  contradict the reported drop in tax revenues caused by increasing tax rates ??. 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Johnsond

[Mark J]

1 hour ago, Johnsond said:

Lol Mark it’s the newspaper reporting the IFS report bud 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ It’s all over the news up here bud, sorry if you don’t want to hear it. The link you posted is the governments own site 🤷‍♂️. Or does Murdoch manage the IFS source too??. Dispute it if you want or dont Mark it makes no difference to me I’m telling you the truth. 41% up here after 43k 40% after 50k over the border stick some NI on and bang your at 50%. Maybe it’s the thought of giving half your wages to the snp for being away from your family for weeks at a time but lads are knocking back trips to stay at a certain level. A tax system that encourages you not to work is a failure As the drop in revenues have proven. A decent accountant or not you can only get the figures down so far legitimately especially as ltd companies are not allowed in many cases nowadays post IR35. You wouldn’t work for half your day rate Mark, not even to fund your socialist crush Sturgeon. Please don’t quote some shite about NSea oil as that mad bunch of fools were until a few weeks ago wanting to shut the whole bloody place down to keep her green majority vote partners sweet.

Just been reading the report you put the link up to Mark 🤷‍♂️ what was it that you thought was gonna  contradict the reported drop in tax revenues caused by increasing tax rates ??. 

If your limited company can't survive post IR35 then you weren't really running a viable business in the first place; you were just a subby/'employee' who used to direct a limited company for its benefits within current tax law. I and companies I work with definitely benefitted from the breaks offered by IR35, luckily I don't keep all my eggs in one basket. 

 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Mark J