Maximum pay level in UK on it's way

[sunnysan]

Bankers Bonuses

What is this really.

It is the absolute shambles of effectively nationalising the banks and now having huge bonuses paid to bankers whose institutions would be bankrupt if they had not been bailed out with taxpayers money.

A case of playing the man and not the ball. The government has a duty to reclaim the money paid by the taxpayer but not to indulge in populist, nebulous outcries about financial sector remuneration across the board.

They have failed to introduce any coherent legislation to protect assets such as pensions and savings, nor does their seem to be a plan in any way shape or form of how the banks will pay back the money used to bail them out.

So instead of concentrating on that they are bleating because the financial sector is taking advantage of their incompetence and enriching themselves with the profits made from taxpayers money.

Quite funny really, MP's are getting hauled over the coals for the odd 20,30K for flipping a mortgage, while they stand like rabbits in the headlights while some bankers take millions in bonuses, effectively taken from the public purse.

But they have introduced a scheme to allow failed bankers to become teachers, so all is forgiven

[PM-Junkie]

Jeez............ I was thinking more like UKIP, BNP, or summat like that.

naaaah....Official Monster Raving Loony Party. You know it makes sense. Everyone else in Parliament is either a nutter or a crook anyway so it can't be much worse!

[Fred Bloggs]

Best vote Labour then.

Jeez............ I was thinking more like UKIP, BNP, or summat like that.

[DimPrawn]

I disliked Bliar with a vengeance but a least he wouldn't have swallowed drivel like maximum wages and stuff. It's like a throw back to Michael Foot this.

Tragically for us all, I rate Cameroon even lower than Bliar though.

Best vote Labour then.

[Fred Bloggs]

I disliked Bliar with a vengeance but a least he wouldn't have swallowed drivel like maximum wages and stuff. It's like a throw back to Michael Foot this.

Tragically for us all, I rate Cameroon even lower than Bliar though.

[Sysman]

hairdressing salons are we supposed to open

[sasguru]

How many tractors are we supposed to produce this year?

hairdressing salons are we supposed to open

[ThomasSoerensen]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8204530.stm




Just set the maximum pay = minimum wage.

Simples, comrade.

Gordies plan is exactly on schedule.

[Cyberman]

That is the second time in the last two or three days I've seen the banks who managed to escape nationalisation being lumped in with the rescued ones by dint of "being guaranteed by the taxpayer".

It's a potentially nasty little twist. It seems to me that they are paving the way for yet more interference in the private sector.

How many tractors are we supposed to produce this year?

The banks haven't had enough 'interference' thanks to Brown, and that is precisely why we are in the current mess.

[RichardCranium]

How many tractors are we supposed to produce this year?

Same as in the last 5 year plan: none. So it is good to see our illustrious leaders are conforming to the plan. Hurrah for the Illustrious Leaders! (Which one is playing Unelected Prime Minister this week?)

But remember, Iraq were the enemy last year, now they are our friend and always have been.

Is it too early to open the Victory Gin?

[minestrone]

That is the second time in the last two or three days I've seen the banks who managed to escape nationalisation being lumped in with the rescued ones by dint of "being guaranteed by the taxpayer".

It's a potentially nasty little twist. It seems to me that they are paving the way for yet more interference in the private sector.

I have noticed that as well in the last few weeks.

[Cyberman]

That is the second time in the last two or three days I've seen the banks who managed to escape nationalisation being lumped in with the rescued ones by dint of "being guaranteed by the taxpayer".

It's a potentially nasty little twist.

No doubt you believe that Barclays have had no help from the taxpayer.

[Sysman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8204530.stm

Response 'timid'
Mr Cable has backed the Compass proposals.
"There is no justification for massive pay and bonus awards in financial institutions, the most important of which are guaranteed or owned or have been rescued by the taxpayer," he said.

That is the second time in the last two or three days I've seen the banks who managed to escape nationalisation being lumped in with the rescued ones by dint of "being guaranteed by the taxpayer".

It's a potentially nasty little twist. It seems to me that they are paving the way for yet more interference in the private sector.

How many tractors are we supposed to produce this year?

[Cyberman]

Just tax everybody at 100% and then all net wages are equal !!

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8204530.stm

In the same way the Low Pay Commission was set up in 1997 to advise on the minimum wage, a High Pay Commission was needed to introduce "a wide-ranging review" of pay at the top and bring in new measures to curb excessive remuneration, it said.

Just set the maximum pay = minimum wage.

Simples, comrade.