Sunday, March 11, 2012

Stop whinging about the 50p tax rate

You don't know how lucky you are! If you lived in Holland, you'd pay 52p on earnings over £46,000! Sweden wants 56.6p on anything over £36,000 and Belgium, Denmark and Aruba (Southern Caribbean near Venezuela) all have 50p+ rates that start way below £150,000.

So you've never had it so good (actually, when that phrase was first uttered, the top rate was 19s 6d - or 97.5p for the youngsters). So, if you're feeling the pinch go out and generate some more wealth and help support the poor sods who are struggling at the bottom of the heap.