That's because rich people aren't good people.
this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2025
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That's why taxes exist. But since our gouvernents are lead by corrupt bastards...
The threshold for "rich" here seems extremely low. £45K household income? Two people on £23K exceed that.
Median post-tax houshold income is £36.7k. Suggesting the amount of people in a high-income houshold is about half, which is still a lot, but not as much as I thought.
That's the median disposable income, which is significantly lower than the gross income used and misrepresented in this study.
The full time minimum wage is £23,809. That would mean a household with two people earning minimum wage would be classed as rich here.
They (ONS) define disposable income as "the amount of money households have available for spending and saving after direct taxes have been accounted for. It includes earnings from employment, private pensions and investments, as well as cash benefits provided by the state", so not exactly post-tax income, but £36.7k corresponds to about £48k gross. I completely agree that a couple earning min. wage should not be classed as high income in the UK, but I usually overestimate how much income a typical Brit actually has.
Median post-tax household income is £36.7k
Wow that seems low, US median household income is $83k, even with taxes and conversion that seems like a significant gap and I always thought US and UK had similar price levels. Are taxes just that much higher? Or are households smaller ? Or are incomes in the US just that much better?
The wealth of the USA compared to other devoloped countries has shot away over the past 10-15 years, it's not entirely clear why.
Are you accounting for everything that's included in UK taxation such as health care and state pension?
We're talking about median, and the median person in the US gets employer provided healthcare and usually some form of employer pension/401k contribution plus social security, so I don't think those would be much different cost wise for a median US vs UK resident. I'm sure Britain uses there taxes better than us and has better benefits, especially for the poor, but I don't think that fully accounts for the gap.
So they don't pay a penny towards those costs? For the median? As thats a lot of people.
As its entirely wrapped in the tax already accounted for in that net income with the UK tax payer.
I wasn't expecting it to be the whole difference but I do know those that have to pay in the US pay a significant chunk of change.
They've won the propaganda war convincing the majority that low tax = freedom and prosperity. However, the period of post-World War 2 social improvement was characterised by VERY high taxes for the rich.
Always have been, hell they are the cause of most of the problems.
Coincidentally, I've become wayyyyy more willing to dine heartily on the rich!
....there is the guillotine...
We know this. That's why we taxed the shit out of them but gave out breaks on public works projects like museums and schools. Why hasn't elon built 1 school yet? 1 library? Anything??
Huh
I'm all for eat the rich, but the question specifically was about global problems. It doesn't really surprise me that people are less inclined to want to solve global problems if they see local problems that they think should be the priority. Maybe I'm giving people too much credit.
Dumbass rich people think the poor are their slaves.