Tax cuts lead to the richer paying more?

[swall101]

Barclays sued over dark pools by New York attorney general - Telegraph

BBC News - Barclays accused of 'dark pool' fraud

Not sure I'd seen this one before? Just another 'oversight' by Barclays maybe?

 

[BISHI]

I think the financial crisis focused much more scrutiny upon the practices of the banks and they seem to be regularly falling foul of it. They certainly have been irresponsible and immoral in many of their actions but this is a thread about rich people and tax, not bankers .!

 

[IronGiant]

It's becoming a bit like that Life of Brian sketch "What have the Bankers ever done us for?"

 

[Wardy257]

Back on topic, how dare those rich people pay more tax. Did they not consider the poor people before doing so?

 

[Deleted member 293381]

You said:
"It costs taxpayers about £5 billion each year just to service the loans that the crisis incurred."

This is rubbish....

What - more rubbish? Don't tell me, tell the newspapers - that's where the information comes from.

Hold on, you said in another thread the media is a load of rubbish. It seems to me anything that doesn't fit into your view of the world is (to use your vernacular) 'rubbish'.

Anyway, I'm stopping now, before I get told off about this trivial bickering.

 

[sidicks]

What - more rubbish? Don't tell me, tell the newspapers - that's where the information comes from.

Hold on, you said in another thread the media is a load of rubbish. It seems to me anything that doesn't fit into your view of the world is (to use your vernacular) 'rubbish'.

Anyway, I'm stopping now, before I get told off about this trivial bickering.

So you honestly think that it costs the government £5bn p.a. to service circa £45bn of debt??

Did they borrow from a pay day lender or something???

Further, what about the fees paid for the debt to offset the interest charge?

So I guess what you should actually have said is:

Before any of the bailouts had been repaid, and ignoring any of the fees charged to the banks for those bailouts, the cost to the taxpayer was £5bn p.a.

Which is somewhat less useful / meaningful..