Phat City Bonuses (2)
Peter Hain, Northern Ireland Minister has suggested “City firms should donate two-thirds of their bonus pots to charity rather than giving employees six-figure bonuses”. We all know this is a very sensitive subject.
People (mostly “city workers”) have been making their views known on here. Below are some interesting comments.
‘Two-thirds ? Why stop there ? Take the lot. After a while I’ll be able to register as a homeless person, receive ‘charity’ - and probably make more money doing nothing than I did working my nuts off !’.
This is not bad idea if you think about it. No?
“Big buck bankers already give more than enough of their hard-earned dosh to the taxman. I suggest Mr Hain speaks to the Treasury about redirecting some more funds to the poor. We are already over-taxed (income tax, national insurance, council tax, VAT, stamp duties, death duties, congestion charges, parking fees, etc) - the government needs to look at how they spend all this money before thinking of stupid ways to raise yet more revenue, which will doubtless also be wasted”
Mr Hain, please speak to Mr Brown. Maybe he wiil agree to redirect some of those funds to your department.
Rubbish tax, coming soon.