General Election 12 December.

[Longcol]

12 minutes ago, Pettytom said:

No.

 

I asked you to do a bit of simple arithmetic.

 

The fact that you can’t, or won’t, speaks volumes.

 

I’ll ask again, if politicians earned roughly £80 100 pa, how much extra tax would they pay under a Corbyn government?

 

No deflecting now. Just answer the question.

apelike has so much history of ambiguous / deflective answers.

 

The only thing I can ascertain with any certainty is that he has always been pro-Brexit

[Pettytom]

2 minutes ago, Longcol said:

apelike has so much history of ambiguous / deflective answers.

 

The only thing I can ascertain with any certainty is that he has always been pro-Brexit

I asked him a straightforward question, in response to a rather uninformed answer that he gave to a different question.

 

The fact that he responded by trying to suggest that I’m either stupid, inattentive, or both, says quite a lot about him.

 

The answer to my question was “too little to even worry about”, by the way 😀

[Longcol]

45 minutes ago, Pettytom said:

I asked him a straightforward question, in response to a rather uninformed answer that he gave to a different question.

 

The fact that he responded by trying to suggest that I’m either stupid, inattentive, or both, says quite a lot about him.

 

The answer to my question was “too little to even worry about”, by the way 😀

But that's what he didn't say if you look back to something vague in answer to something he said that was ambiguous to something non-commital a few pages back - you won't tie me down to anything aren't I a clever poster who doesn't support or trust anyone apart from Brexit, Brexit, Brexit because I won't give you reasons apart from (go back to line 1).

Edited November 23, 2019 by Longcol

[apelike]

1 hour ago, Pettytom said:

No.

 

I asked you to do a bit of simple arithmetic.

Yes you did and I have pointed out that I asked a question which was answered, which is the bit you seem to fail to understand.

 

1 hour ago, Pettytom said:

The fact that you can’t, or won’t, speaks volumes.

No as it is not necessary given it was a question to Anna B.

 

1 hour ago, Pettytom said:

I’ll ask again, if politicians earned roughly £80 100 pa, how much extra tax would they pay under a Corbyn government?

You seem to already know or can work it out for yourself so it does not need me to answer it.

 

1 hour ago, Pettytom said:

No deflecting now. Just answer the question.

See above... 

[Pettytom]

1 minute ago, apelike said:

Yes you did and I have pointed out that I asked a question which was answered, which is the bit you seem to fail to understand.

 

No as it is not necessary given it was a question to Anna B.

 

You seem to already know or can work it out for yourself so it does not need me to answer it.

 

See above... 

I think that everyone can read the whole exchange and draw their own conclusions about your ability, or otherwise, to analyse a relatively simple bit of tax law.

 

If MPs earned £600 more than

they do now, how much extra tax would they pay if Corbyn wins the election? Go on, get your abacus out.

[apelike]

1 hour ago, Longcol said:

apelike has so much history of ambiguous / deflective answers.

That's maybe because the questions were not worthy of an answer or maybe because they were just troll questions designed to either intimidate or were off topic.

 

1 hour ago, Longcol said:

The only thing I can ascertain with any certainty is that he has always been pro-Brexit

That's about the only thing you have been correct on so far. Notice also that this is also not a brexit thread.

[apelike]

1 minute ago, Pettytom said:

I think that everyone can read the whole exchange and draw their own conclusions about your ability, or otherwise, to analyse a relatively simple bit of tax law.

Yes you are right I think they can, and can also tell when someone is trying to cast bait. But the problem you seem incapable of understanding is that I don't have to answer any extraneous questions on tax law just because you want me to, as I am pretty certain you also know the answer. 

 

1 minute ago, Pettytom said:

If MPs earned £600 more than

they do now, how much extra tax would they pay if Corbyn wins the election? Go on, get your abacus out.

Na, I will leave that one for Diane Abbott! 

[Pettytom]

17 hours ago, apelike said:

Do you think that figure has any connection to the fact that MP's get £79,468 or maybe it's just a coincidence that they will not have to be taxed extra as well?

If you make a daft comment like this, you should really have  the humility to recognise its daft ness.

 

Why would you think that having a salary close to the £80k threshold would make any difference to the ways that MPs vote? 
 

How much extra tax do you think they would pay under Corbyn, if they had a £600 pay rise.

[hobinfoot]

13 hours ago, CaptainSwing said:

What that shows more than anything is how out of touch you are with most of your fellow citizens, 2/3 of whom (68%) think that £60,500 [90th percentile in 2017] is enough to make you "rich".

 

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2017/06/02/how-much-money-do-you-need-earn-year-be-rich

 

The survey didn't ask about £80,000 specifically, but it would presumably be quite a lot more than 68%.

I’m certainly not out of touch with my fellow citizens. But fill your boots if you think £80,000 a year makes you rich. A Dr trains for 6 years another several to become a surgeon. If people think they are rich shame on them. They deserve every penny and more.

[apelike]

3 hours ago, Pettytom said:

If you make a daft comment like this, you should really have  the humility to recognise its daft ness.

You still have not grasped the fact that it was a question that has been duely answered and not a comment.

 

 

3 hours ago, Pettytom said:

Why would you think that having a salary close to the £80k threshold would make any difference to the ways that MPs vote? 

I don't think that and you already know that I have never made that out to be the case. I think they call that a straw man arguement!