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Agreed, not everyone, but I would wager the majority do. Even if you're not particularly good at your job, if you've managed to blag your way into a favourable position that's surely worth somethingI'm not sure I agree everyone who has it deserves it, however I think it's more down to the fact that there is a lot of tax avoidance going on. Cutting out tax avoidance is good for everyone.
And 42K a year is barely enough money to get a mortgage together on a house in Stafford. Compared to living costs, it's not really that much!
Who cares anyway, it's not going to make a massive difference to us and frankly people who have worked their way up to that level deserve it. Why should those that achieve disproportionately support those who don't?
I'm not sure "deserve" is the right word for a lot of them. You pre-suppose that everyone has the opportunity to earn huge salaries: they don't. It is an economic impossibility in a market economy.
I'm not sure I agree everyone who has it deserves it, however I think it's more down to the fact that there is a lot of tax avoidance going on. Cutting out tax avoidance is good for everyone.
It's a tax that simply does not work and long term will have a negative impact on the country. People who are in favour of this sort of thing are just jealous; it's politically motivated and always was. A cheap vote winner for the uneducated poor.
Bear in mind, in this country, once you become a "top rate tax payer" (well middle rate I suppose these days, something like 42k a year, excluding benefits), for every additional pound you earn, the government will take 51p (40% Income tax and 11% NI) Every single pound YOU earn, more than half is TAKEN by the government. How can that be fair?
We need to slash government spending, we need to cut taxes
Reducing the top rate to 45 p in the pound is a start but we need more than that. Raise the tax free allowance
give tax incentives to firms offering private health care,
Small government+Low Taxation=Economic growth.