Comments on: This is disgusting, should be a special tax on it!

By: and

and — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:01:49 +0000

Goldman Sachs was previously a co-op, but has been a listed company since the late 1990s.

By: william

william — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:53:34 +0000

David – it does disappoint me. One fewer thing to detest. But then, RBS, Northern Rock, and that whole shower of bastards aren’t. So the point still stands.

By: David

David — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:48:34 +0000

William,

It may dissapoint you to know that Goldman Sachs is a coop owned by it’s employees just the same as John Lewis.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:18:58 +0000

“He put the company’s success in 2009, especially during the second half, down to consumers having more disposable income – through lower interest rates”

Another good reason for a punitive tax on debtors — since when is debt ‘disposable income’?

By: william

william — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:42:03 +0000

Tim, you’re a tit on at least two levels:

1) The employees of John Lewis own the damn company. Do the CEOs etc. of the banks own them? No – we do now.

2) They get a bonus for a profit. Remarkably, bankers get bonuses all the damn time. There’s always some excuse.

By: FCAblog

FCAblog — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:19:58 +0000

Indeed. When the buggers buy a telly for £200 and sell it to us for £300, it’s further evidence that they’re price-gouging innocent people.

By: Andrew Ampers Taylor

Andrew Ampers Taylor — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:33:59 +0000

Phew! I was about to explode until I came to the end

But I think we could simplify the tax system. For example, Politicians should pay a simple tax structure.

Backbenchers should pay 100%, on the ladder, but not a full cabinet member should pay 130%, Cabinet Ministers should pay 165% tax and Prime Ministers 200%

And pay all their own expenses.

But the poor dears might find this a little too draconian.

Ampers.