- @newsbrooke @julieposetti Hi Heather, Julie – so what _is_ a good speaker's fee nowadays? How much should Julian have asked for? #
- @julieposetti @newsbrooke Free? For 1000 ppl (http://t.co/v540Jm9H ) @ $570/ticket (http://t.co/K6VTlJ2O ) – I like yr chutzpah 🙂 #apai #
- @julieposetti @newsbrooke Good for them! I applaud their charity. #APAI #
- @julieposetti @newsbrooke That said, I've spoken at any number of conferences "for free" because it has suited my interests. #APAI #
- @julieposetti @newsbrooke I understand. That's a fair opinion. But it's not req'd for anyone to participate in anything for free. #apai #
- @jamesrbuk So the Indy is supporting the Govt line of removing inhibitions to development? #
- @julieposetti @newsbrooke So long as people say "{X} should do {Y} for free because *I* think it's important", there will be bad PR for X #
- @jamesrbuk Cold day in hell, today, innit? #
- Comments numbered 22 & 23 http://t.co/85f8x9bc – really, what more can you say? #
- Testing 1 2 3 – once you have yr mind around where the settings are, plus there is still no letter count in landscape, #twicca does seem ok #
- Given the impending success of "Tinker Tailor", I wonder if some Hollywood studio will option an English-language version? #
- I agree it's dreadful for the rich to pay less tax than the poor. Vice versa, too. How about a flat 20% income tax? #annoyeveryone #ldconf #
- @DRMacIver More rich people would avoid avoiding a cheap tax; also "progressive" taxation means the rich pay disproportionately more. #
- @DRMacIver Could I suggest all public sector salaries get paid by "quantitative easing" (ie: printing more money) and no tax elsewhere? #
- @DRMacIver Funny how the media says "rich should pay more" when a fixed percentage means that; they should say "progressively/disprop more". #
- @DRMacIver So stop income tax entirely? #
- @DRMacIver Play with the idea a while; income tax was meant to be a temporary measure, after all. #
- @webmink Poll-tax is per-capita; bummer if u can't pay. But 20% someone earning £20k pays 4,000; £2m pays 400,000. Is that not enough? #
- Thai Nyan Cat! http://t.co/0e7Bxc9s #
- So people who may be able to pay disproportionately more tax should, just up to the point where they either stop paying or leave? #
- @DRMacIver I have a light footprint from being healthy, single, no kids, & recycling, but all I get is 25% off council tax. Is that fair? #
- @G4rve It's an interesting thought. Factor out the Government and you've effectively got private health insurance. #
- @G4rve Alternately people with Children could pay NI over-the-odds until the kids start earning ? 😛 #
- @G4rve Yea, and when I had Company BUPA for some reason I paid tax on "benefits" that would save the NHS cost of curing me. Explain that? #
- @DRMacIver Next question: How would you justify the fairness of i? #
- @G4rve If I pay something "in case something happens", it's called insurance. Diff between NI & "real" insurance is the oppty to shop around #
- @G4rve Actually, do me a favour and explain why saving the state the cost of educating your kids is a bad thing? #
- @DRMacIver I agree there is shared infrastructure – eg: roads, police – where PAYG is just a nuisance #minarchist #
- @guppiefish N = Cost of state. P = fixed percentage income tax. Solve P over countrywide income to yield N. Get back to me with a figure. #
- @guppiefish Strictly N = existing income from Income Tax. #
- @Walshman23 And? So our state-sanctioned approach to tax should be "He doesn't need it, not really, it's not like he's curing HIV with it." #
- @DRMacIver So what you're saying is that the tax code is fair, by fiat, because OTHERWISE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!! No? #
- @Walshman23 Tax is absurd, or more specifically anyone talking about "fair" tax. It's "extortion for the common good" that you're born into. #
- @DRMacIver Okay, give me a real answer, because that is how I see yours. #
- @DRMacIver Fair = "either a fixed sum, or a fixed percentage" as both are shorn of context; progressive tax = price discrimination for Govts #
- @DRMacIver Depends what you're trying to win. #
- @Walshman23 Absurd to call it a science, too 🙂 #
- @DRMacIver I'm sure you'll find a gunsmith nearby. #
- @bengoldacre Damn, I floated a similar idea back in 1998 http://t.co/NMEhZGtk – I shall have to add to the list! #nerdydaytrips #
- @CurranC You know, I have sympathy with that. Strange then that Jon Crowcroft says we should kill income tax and put VAT up to 50% #
- @petermacrobert I think he's gone. #
- @Walshman23 🙂 #
- @G4rve As charities they're not earning huge bonuses. So if you pay for your kids' education & save state expenditure, is it not "good"? #
- @G4rve If the system didn't educate you (eg: you went to a school paid for by your parents?) what then? Your position hinges on fairness… #
- @jemimah_knight Sure it's not more of a "For heaven's sake, cover yourself up" thing? #
- @webmink If I understand your question, those are not the only options; you could also slide P up and down. #
- New: Companies House has an silently anti-Macintosh website. http://t.co/K0EwdMjb #
- "WebFiling has logged you out as the browser 'Back Button' was used or a button was clicked twice" #CompaniesHouse http://t.co/K0EwdMjb #
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