[Politics] Surprising Allardyce press conference

The Antikythera Mechanism said:

It’s also incredibly sad and depressing that this lecture comes from a man of dubious integrity, who gets paid £6,000,000.00 a year to manage a football team and who only really cares about his own bank balance.

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The Antikythera Mechanism said:

It’s also incredibly sad and depressing that this lecture comes from a man of dubious integrity, who gets paid £6,000,000.00 a year to manage a football team and who only really cares about his own bank balance.

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The_Viper said:

You're posting on a football messageboard moaning about it.

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Sorrel said:

Football is the epitome of capitalist economics: huge benefits for those with the best abilities (or those able to work hard to make the best of what they have), little or none for those who can't make the grade.

A UK wealth tax would probably pay for quite a few food banks (though whether that would entirely eliminate the need for them is another matter) and high earners in football would have to pay a lot more tax, though I'm sure they have to pay quite a lot already (accountancy practices notwithstanding). The end result would be less competitive UK clubs, though internally in the UK we would probably see just as competitive a league as before, but without any 'superstars'.

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The_Viper said:

You're posting on a football messageboard moaning about it.

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Dick Head said:

After visiting North Liverpool Foodbank on Thursday -

"It's extremely depressing that a country of this magnitude and where it thinks it lies can allow so many food banks to be operating in this country,

"But for the goodwill of the Liverpool people - and the fans have a big say in the food bank that we went to in helping donate food for people less fortunate - I think it's going back to the Dark Ages to allow it to continue.

"And it's not only allowing it to continue, it's growing at a rapid pace where people who are in work, not just on benefits, cannot afford to live at a decent level and have to go to a food bank to feed themselves and their children.

"I think it's incredibly sad that a country like ours has allowed that to happen and will continue to allow it to happen.

"I think it's a disgrace - apart from the people who actually work in it. They're out of this world."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42460641

I'm not his biggest fan but well said, BFS!

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Buzzer said:

The very wealthy already pay a record share of the total tax burden. The top 1% already pay nearly 30% of all tax and that's treble what it was in the 70s. There's also a long-standing relationship between tax rates set and taxes collected. If you tax too high, the rich just leave the country. That's what has happened in France. Rather than tax individuals, I'd like to see corporations take a slightly bigger hit.

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The Antikythera Mechanism said:

It’s also incredibly sad and depressing that this lecture comes from a man of dubious integrity, who gets paid £6,000,000.00 a year to manage a football team and who only really cares about his own bank balance.

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The Antikythera Mechanism said:

It’s also incredibly sad and depressing that this lecture comes from a man of dubious integrity, who gets paid £6,000,000.00 a year to manage a football team and who only really cares about his own bank balance.

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Sorrel said:

I'm not disagreeing, but I guess there is another way of looking at this particular issue - which is to ask why people need food banks, and then address those specific issues.

I'm sure it's a study that has been done in the past (I have recollections about hearing people say that benefit sanctions are the main cause) but I'd be interested to know more detail than anecdotal evidence. Either way, I'm not sure there is an answer to completely remove food banks as there always needs to be a final level of charity to help those who don't or can't help themselves - but understanding the numbers behind the usage would be a first step.

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Buzzer said:

I agree completely. The existence of food banks in the 21st century is a damning indictment. I also agree that the attack on people claiming benefits probably pushes lots of people into needing them and that it was completely wrong to target the very weakest and poorest. We have one of the lowest rates of corporation tax in the EU, we also have a lax attitude towards making sure the biggest corporations pay their fair share and that's where I'd target rather than the multi-millionaire footballers and film stars because as far as I can tell, and I say this as a Tory and an accountant, this "all in it together" that politicians have spoken of hasn't included big business.

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