Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post
If they work, or have a private income, they will probably pay a disproportional amount in taxes compared with the low paid or with those who have chosen to do the least necessary to survive.
They do pay a disproportional amount of tax, ie a smaller proportion of their income than poorer people as they do not spend all of it so pay less VAT.

By the way, most of you seem to resent people receiving benefits but don't seem to object to giving the richest woman in the country millions of pounds a year, and paying for teh upkeep of several homes and a personal train.