05-02-12, 02:13 PM
Quote:I still think its right not to pay people this much but next time the government winges about trying to find a million here or there I'm remember todays news
While there is little doubt that the welfare system needs reform, it should not be a priority at this time.
Depending on whose figures you read, in 2010 bankers were paid between 6 and 13 billion pounds in bonuses. Don't ask me why the figure is so vague, but it's foccing huge. And that's basically our money, tax payers money.
And that's just bankers. What about the energy bosses, the supermarkets, and the subsidised railway bosses, etc etc etc etc. And all these companies use the welfare system to subsidise many of their workforce employment costs.
The there's the 'British' companies registered abroad in order to avoid paying billions upon billions of tax - massive tax avoidance. Along with non-doms, some of whom while paying no tax in the UK sit in the house of Lords making decisions on walfare reform!
The truth is we are all getting fucked to keep the so called 'elite', and those who wish to lick their arses, in the style in which they are accustomed.