Paying tradesmen cash is 'morally wrong'

[simondjuk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18964640

This coming from a group of people who's colleagues claimed expenses they werent entiltled to claim. 

Talk about pot calling kettle.  Do they think we have forgotten about all that?

[therealjr]

http://order-order.com/2012/07/23/naming-and-shaming-the-morally-repugnant-david-gauke/

I'd have to have a lot of plumbing done to save £10k

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Pete]

Not sure about your argument there Chris - I suppose it's a question of degree and what you consider the dosh is to be considered rich.

I don't see the crime of paying cash for a few hundred pounds the same as it is for a billion pounds.

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Pete]

Then we agree to disagree.

To me it's like saying, in some middle eastern state where the penalty for theft is having a hand chopped off, that a kid who nicks an apple is treated the same as a robber who steals a million quid.

This is where the expression "common sense" should come in to play - but it's the rich that makes the rules.

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Pete]

There are underlying issues here that you don't seem to touch on. For instance, I've worked all my life and must have paid hundreds of thousands in tax. Whereas some extremely well off guy, who can afford a top accountant, can legally get away without paying hardly any tax at all. Ergo, the wealthier you are, the less tax you pay.

I suppose the world splits into two camps, those that agree with Robin Hood and those who think he is just another criminal.

[Pete]

Also, if I adopted the attitude of what is legal and what is not, then if I have two grands worth of new CH boiler fitted and the plumber says £1,700 for cash, is it my responsibility to police the situation and ask if he is doing it to fiddle his income tax?

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Pete]

Where did I say "the rich dont pay anything"?

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Pete]

>> Whichever way it is sliced "the more you earn the less tax you pay" is simply not true.

I think we are different in the way we express ourselves. You argue your point with the soul of a calculator - I argue mine from a person who cares that pensioners might not be able to make it through a winter whilst others secrete millions in offshore tax havens.

[chesterfieldchris]

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[therealjr]

Personally I'd scrap any tax that you can avoid paying.