The Uneven Distribution of wealth in Britain

David Courtney · 09-09-2006, 03:06 AM

I came across this table from the government statistics web site... scary stuff.

The top 1% own 34% of the wealth

I damn well hope they worked 34 times harder than everyone else in the country.

skinny · 09-09-2006, 03:10 AM

[quote=David Courtney]I came across this table from the government statistics web site... QUOTE]

have you got the link there mate?

skinny · 09-09-2006, 03:29 AM

is this not from three years ago?

David Courtney · 09-09-2006, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by skinny

is this not from three years ago?

Yes it is. If things have changed much, I'll eat my right arm.
And the link is here

skinny · 09-09-2006, 03:38 AM

have you got a link?

eit: you obviously have so give it hear!!

The Relic · 09-09-2006, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by skinny

have you got a link?

eit: you obviously have so give it hear!!

He did. You have to click on the last "here" in David's post.

The rich have definitely got richer under Labour. This is, frankly, just plain wrong:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=2

skinny · 09-09-2006, 11:11 AM

Without reading the link, when was the last time the rich got poorer?

skinny · 09-09-2006, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by David Courtney

Yes it is. If things have changed much, I'll eat my right arm.
And the link is here

how do you do that?

Sid · 09-09-2006, 02:08 PM

I think the distribution of wealth is far better now than it's ever been.
I've been reading a book about life in London during the 1880's. The poorer families had to survive on a little over a pound a week. Compare that with a top surgeon in a London hospital earning £12,000 per year.
If we take the minimum the Government says you need to live on and multiply it using equivalents, that would mean a top surgeon would now earn £33,000 per week.

Bruv · 09-09-2006, 08:09 PM

Since when has working harder given higher reward ?
What would you call hard work ?

Wages have risen and goods are cheaper.......I am with Sid on this.
Listen to this one.......I reckon most people these days are ALL living beyond their worth/value.
I dont know what the relative percentage of wages goes on accomodation and basics such as food compared to 100 years ago...... but..... we are far far better off today.......materially