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What's your Household Income?

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  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    Mildly curious to see if MSE is representative of wider society.

    Anonymous poll.

    UK graph below....

    HouseholdIncome2007-8.gif
    Interesting. 60% of the population earns at least £25k a year and at least 40% earn £32k. Vert interesting.
  • somethingcorporate
    somethingcorporate Posts: 9,449 Forumite
    edited 29 April 2012 at 9:45PM
    Linda_D wrote: »
    Why is that hypocritical? I do pay a huge amount of tax. OK it's not in the millions of pounds because I don't earn that much but it's a huge amount in relation to my small income and I'm very happy to do that because I like to contribute to the country. I don't have accountants for tax avoidance, I want to pay my fair share of tax.

    Good for you, but to say it is a huge amount of tax is laughable. On £15k you'll pay £1,505 in income tax this year, hardly a "huge" amount nor a big proportion of your income either. I am guessing as a household you take more than you give. My household last year contributed in excess of £40k in income tax and I wouldn't even say that is a "huge" amount nor proportion of our income (but evidently significantly higher than you!).
    Thinking critically since 1996....
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    Linda_D wrote: »
    Well spotted purch, someone has got very owned!

    Indeed.

    You did, when you forgot your story in another thread. :)
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • somethingcorporate
    somethingcorporate Posts: 9,449 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    Interesting. 60% of the population earns at least £25k a year and at least 40% earn £32k. Vert interesting.

    Remember this is household income, not individual income.
    Thinking critically since 1996....
  • Linda_D_2
    Linda_D_2 Posts: 1,891 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    Indeed.

    You did, when you forgot your story in another thread. :)


    What story? You're talking crap again like saying there's no double dip recession.

    purch has just shown you up again, you should be very ashamed
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    edited 29 April 2012 at 9:59PM
    somethingcorporate wrote: »
    Remember this is household income, not individual income.
    Good point! All very interesting.
  • Linda_D_2
    Linda_D_2 Posts: 1,891 Forumite
    somethingcorporate wrote: »
    My household last year contributed in excess of £40k in income tax and I wouldn't even say that is a "huge" amount nor proportion of our income (but evidently significantly higher than you!).

    So what is your income?
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    somethingcorporate wrote: »
    Remember this is household income, not individual income.

    Household income is the relevant thing to housing affordability though, whether that be buying or renting.
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    Linda_D wrote: »
    What story? You're talking crap again like saying there's no double dip recession.

    purch has just shown you up again, you should be very ashamed

    Can't you just stick to one ID?

    If you spent less time trolling and more time contributing you'd probably get banned less often.
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • somethingcorporate
    somethingcorporate Posts: 9,449 Forumite
    Linda_D wrote: »
    So what is your income?

    Household income is circa £125-135k give or take - it varies depending on bonuses.
    Thinking critically since 1996....
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