Monday, September 14, 2015

Unintended consequences

It really is a funny old word in which we live when you find that Jeremy Corbyn's famous supporters include Daniel Radcliffe, Charlotte Church and Russell Brand. 

Entertainment stars will, of course, be big among the losers in the maximum wage proposals.  For example, last year Daniel earned £66m.  If the maximum wage is put at the rate George Monbiot suggests, and he is usually fairly on the money when it comes to knowing the mind of the political left, the figure will be around £500,000 including bonuses.  That means Daniel will be parting with £65.5m of his earnings every year.  Did Daniel know that when he attached his support to Mr Corbyn?

It is uplifting that people like Daniel are so in favour of such a policy.  But given his views I’m sure he already is one of the few people who have sent a cheque to HM Government for all the money they earned over £500,000.  You too can do it, just write a cheque to HMRC and mark it as a gift for use by HM government for whatever they see fit to use it for.  Just pop it in the post to HMRC, Bradford BD98 1YY United Kingdom.

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