tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979578687599366473.post2076623392061456739..comments2023-04-09T03:22:54.607-07:00Comments on The LEFT Alternative - Formerly Cardiff RESPECT: The Rich turn Nasty . . .Respectable Citizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07647474524587893461noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979578687599366473.post-70335334803608592532008-10-15T04:52:00.000-07:002008-10-15T04:52:00.000-07:00Interesting question.The actual statistics I have ...Interesting question.<BR/><BR/>The actual statistics I have read relate to the majority of billionaires getting away through a variety of means with not paying a penny in income tax - this referred to Britain as a whole. The most recent discussion of this I read was an article by Polly Toynbee. It is also staggering to read that last year apparently the cleaners at Goldmann Sachs paid more tax than the owners of Goldmann Sacks (The cleaners being on £5.90 per hour, the bosses taking home around a million a year) - but that's Gordon Brown.<BR/><BR/> I have seen no actual specific surveys of the rich in Wales, so you are right to pick up on this.<BR/><BR/>Though Wales has it's fair share of super-rich, Sir Terry Matthews springs to mind.Respectable Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07647474524587893461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979578687599366473.post-10765376110453681322008-10-13T20:06:00.000-07:002008-10-13T20:06:00.000-07:00Come off it RC, just how many billionaires are IN ...Come off it RC, just how many billionaires are IN Wales.<BR/><BR/>The ones with any sense are long gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com