"it's merely an attempt at vote winning because everyone hates bankers"

yep, agree 100% - which is why it's worth pointing out that it's a tax on the banks, not the bankers and it's only on bonuses paid between now and April 2010, not on any that have already been paid or that might be paid after April 2010 (although it wouldn't suprise me if the Govt have already planned to announce its extension simply as a method of gaining additional positive headlines...)and either way it's a piddling little amount.

further to that there does seem to be a reluctance by either of the main parties to acknowledge that we're f**ked for many, many years to come and any cuts/tax rises announced so far are mere window-dressing

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on December 9th 2009 at 15:16:39

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"So the banks are paying an extra ?500m. But average earners are paying an extra ?3bn. Unl (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 9, 13:24:31
- that is a misunderstanding of progressive taxation, actually (General Chat) - JPM, Dec 9, 13:41:21
  - the person that typed that mentioned nothing about taxation (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 9, 13:45:24
    - right. Though he was talking about taxation, and he questioned whether it was progressive, (General Chat) - JPM, Dec 9, 13:47:47
      - actually the money's not coming from the bankers, it's coming from the banks (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 9, 13:52:55
        
        Remind me how much the government gave the banks to bail them out? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Dec 9, 14:02:27
        
        a bit more than ?30... (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 9, 14:10:27
        
        My point is that the level of bonuses are irrelevant to the general economy (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Dec 9, 14:55:58
        
        "it's merely an attempt at vote winning because everyone hates bankers" (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 9, 15:16:39
  - Are you JP Morgan? (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 9, 13:44:13
    - One of my clients JPM - good bunch (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Dec 9, 13:50:09
    - haha. I think he's dead. (n/m) (General Chat) - JPM, Dec 9, 13:45:14
      - Juan Pablo Montoya then (n/m) (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Dec 9, 13:49:17
        
        or he likes fruit machines (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 9, 13:51:41
  - Yeah - what he said (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 9, 13:43:51
- We should storm the banks (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 9, 13:27:41
- It isn't but just wait until the Eton boys are in ! (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Dec 9, 13:26:12
  - more of the same? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 9, 13:27:31
    - The thought of the millioaires telling the rest of us to tighten our belts appals me. (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Dec 9, 13:28:29
      - that's more of the same too (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 9, 13:29:36
        
        That's what I mean, people who had no role in the cause of all this are having to pay for (General Chat) - colincanary, Dec 9, 13:32:03
        
        It's called life Colin and it sucks. (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 9, 13:34:14
        
        Too true ! (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Dec 9, 13:36:43

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