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Skrill
December 28, 2017, 10:38pm

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Imagine how if companies were not so heavily taxed and regulated and therefore forced to plant their resources into off-shore tax-heavens, trillions and trillions of resources could be used on creating a heaven on Earth.


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Imagine how if companies were not so heavily taxed and regulated and therefore forced to plant their resources into off-shore tax-heavens, trillions and trillions of resources could be used on creating a heaven on Earth.


This thread has quickly moved away from football  


Can't divorce football from politics. Especially when it comes to discussion of players' wages at the top level.


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Football is not that big. If you added all the football teams in the country together they wouldn't even make a FTSE 100 company. Compared to the Googles and Apples of this world even our biggest football clubs are corner shops.


It's both symptomatic and emblematic though Rob. Same issue with CEOs receiving umpteen multiples of average employees wages.

If someone is getting £5million a year gross then tax the buggers £4m. You can take a lot of people off the streets for that. £1m ought to be enough to get by on.

If they don't like it and swan off abroad. If they're good enough.


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December 28, 2017, 11:13pm

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If someone is getting £5million a year gross then tax the buggers £4m. You can take a lot of people off the streets for that. £1m ought to be enough to get by on.


The British taxpayer in 2017, the only difference? the numbers.


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I’m not even sure Van Dijk is that good!



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I know what you mean but that's not correct is it? Unless picking up the £1 coin prevented him from receiving his pay from Madrid.

Either way, the whole thing is mad.There's something seriously wrong in a society where people earn are paid astronomical sums and there's people sleeping rough in places like Cleethorpes.


Just a small edit to your post KM  
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It's both symptomatic and emblematic though Rob. Same issue with CEOs receiving umpteen multiples of average employees wages.

If someone is getting £5million a year gross then tax the buggers £4m. You can take a lot of people off the streets for that. £1m ought to be enough to get by on.

If they don't like it and swan off abroad. If they're good enough.


One of my xmas presents was David Beckham aftershave. It's really nice and must have taken him a lot of time and effort to make-how he found the time I don't know-what with writing all his books and attending garden parties for charity the guy deserves a medal in the New Years honours list or even made a SIR.
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One of my xmas presents was David Beckham aftershave. It's really nice and must have taken him a lot of time and effort to make-how he found the time I don't know-what with writing all his books and attending garden parties for charity the guy deserves a medal in the New Years honours list or even made a SIR.


Be careful, read the label. It’s actually facial hair restorer.


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Swansea sack Clement
Wednesday sack Carvalhal
Boro sack Monk (after winning)
Swansea appoint Carvalhal
Monk second favourite for Wednesday
Liverpool pay £75m for Virgil van Dijk
And if fans stopped watching everything would collapse.Fans make the game money doesnt !


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And if fans stopped watching everything would collapse.Fans make the game money doesnt !


Whilst I agree this is true for the lower leagues, I'm not convinced for the Premier League. The income they get for ticket sales is dwarfed by what they get for TV rights - all the clubs are selling is a brand now, that is why you have so many tourist fans nowadays.
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