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[Scythe13]

(28 November 2012, 18:39)bigpaul Wrote:

(28 November 2012, 18:34)Barneyboy Wrote: dont forget the suits and shirts cost a lot to look that good BP makes you want to send him a £10 dont it

No, it bloody dosent, i never earned more than £100 per week my entire working life! and i paid tax, and i paid national insurance, and i paid into a company pension!

If you don't spend that on the suits, you don't get to that level of income.

Personally, I never paid into a pension. It seemed like a waste of time. I believe it better to invest in properties than to invest in a pension that is beyond my control. Unless the company has a £ for £ matching system, it wouldn't be worth me investing in a pension. Would rather self invest.

Anyway, what's wrong with earning money? Not complaining about it. But many people who have never earned that much money speak about what it's like, and they don't have a clue, because they've never been there themselves.

You're taking home more money in your pocket, earning £36.5k than earning £50k!!! Fun with progressive tax. You're £150 a month better off earning £50k than when you're earning £18k. So you work out who's going to make themselves look silly. Those that have been there and know what it's like, or those that imagine, but are only speaking from opinion, and not from experience!

Sorry to say this guys, but if you're telling me what it's like to work 13 hours a day, driving over 300 miles a day, 6 to 7 days a week, for 50 weeks a year, and you are only £150 a month better off at the end of the month, than when you were on £18K, then I honestly question your grasp of reality.

If you dress in a £100 suit, you're never going to earn high, unless you work for yourself. Speaking of which, if you're in a £100 suit, you're not going to do business with the big boys and make the big bucks.

If you're going to cry about someone earning a fair amount of money, then why not try to earn it yourself? It's doable for anyone that can be professional and is willing to give up their life for that wage.