From the job I do I am often struck by the lack of knowledge that people have as to the actual wages that most of the population have to live on.
Here are some hard facts.
1. Less than 1% of the working population earn £100K plus a year. Less than 3% earn £50K and over.
2. 2.7 million workers are in the 40% tax bracket(ie: around £32,000 p.a) That is 9% of the working population.
3. The most common salary in the UK (ie: the salary that the greatest number of people earn) is around £12,500 p.a.
4. Those earning over £100K a year are often not the same people from year to year.
This is because it includes the self -employed, who sometimes have a good year, earning megabucks, which is then followed by a bad year, in which they might actually make a loss.
I'm afraid you guys moaning about your lot in life are forgetting the time honoured maxim that in a capitalist society the wage levels are all driven by supply and demand.
As the old saying goes....if you can't stand the heat don't put your head up the jet-pipe.