Many Brits over fifty are still living in 1978, when UK workers earned enough to actually save money. Younger workers ALL fight debt. I'm 65 and I admire their bravery
25:54 sitting here with tears streaming down my face listening to the widower’s words… my partner died after an accident in September at the age of 33 and this Christmas has been tough but I feel her presence all the time and I send out my love to everyone else out there feeling the loss of someone
His wage was equivalent to 27,000 today as a wage he says is terrible, that is highe rthan a starting salary after a masters degree, it is 7,000 over the minimum wage. Yet he's chastising people today what an entitled snowflake he is.
Or if only there were 25 year old petrol cars available for as little as £500 that are ULEZ compliant (to be fair the caller clearly doesn't realise this, I would have loved to know whether her car was even subject to the charge).
@@PKWeaver74 14 years old car ULEZ compliant is £1600 from last I had a look... And I don't care about cars, never cared. Just what I could see on the market.
@@imnotafascist Okay...this is interesting. What exactly did you mean when you commented "frightened by the facts"? I assumed that you were commenting on senior citizens responding in ways that implied that they had not continued to understand the narrative that the older world of jobs 'guaranteed for life' had given way to a newer world which we now live in where jobs are temporary - in just the same way that government ideology may also change within months.
@@loopwithers No. Lewis said that to the 1st or 2nd caller. Caller said Lewis was 'frightened' and Lewis shot back ''what, frightehed by facts?''. You didn't listen did you. HNY to you but leave me alone please.
That last caller is such a Tory Boomer it was harder in my day, crying out poor me, poor me Tory. Lewis displays the facts and still he can’t accept it.
Yeah, he doesn't seem to understand what he bought 30 years ago on one wage would take 4 wage earners now to buy the same house. Would you buy share a house with another couple? You would have to get on very well with them to do that. Would that work anyway? 2 couples with children from both? That is how crazy wages and house prices are right now.
Sharon's arguement that she's already paid tax on her money so why should she pay inheritance tax is completely simplistic. Pretty much everything you buy is taxed after you've paid income tax, VAT, VED, Council Tax, Fuel duty, Flight duty, Alcohol duty, Tobacco duty etc. Secondly a fair proportion of estates can be from unearned income from property and equities which is untaxed until disposal if at all with CGT relief. If she is that worried about IHT she should spend some, put it in trust or give some to her son at least seven years before she dies.
Couldn't agree more with the fact that young people are at the forefront of cost of living issues. Paying rent these days is a colossal part of income. Don't know how they manage.
Can only imagine what kind of business Sharon runs if she's too thick to understand capital gains or simple tax codes. I imagine she thinks saying "I've paid tax all my life" is somehow the answer to every question
I generally agree with a lot of his points.. but this idea that America is an “ally” is a notion that needs to be seriously looked into.. it’s a one way street relationship and that’s not being an ally (again not talking about Ukraine etc.. just in general)
It does work both ways, however the US is far superior to the UK in almost every way from an economic, militaristic and geopolitical sense and so I do understand why it might not feel like it.
@@babybluesky9238 keep dreaming.. those days are long gone where it is anything but a two way street Just look at how the American toxic influence has moved into our political system..
@@mh8826 we've been a declining power since long before the end of the war, I'm not sure why think the US in the 2020s is impacting things much. Things happening today started much before today, which I think people here forget far too frequently.
14:44 Is that really a business woman? Seems she doesn't understand the basic logic, nor the tax she had to always abide by - prior she has been born. Those haven't changed much tbh.
I said on another thread on this subject: I pay income tax on my earnings, then spend the remainder on bills and groceries. Should the shops and service providers be exempt from tax because the money I'm giving them has already been taxed once? In fact, by that line of reasoning, I shouldn't have to pay income tax either, assuming my employer has already paid tax on the corporate income before spending on employing me. Doesn't quite work, does it?
I think the caller at the end is deluded. For one wage earner to be able to afford a £250,000 house he or she needs to be earning at least £62,500 a year. The caller buying a house for £58,000 30 years ago his wage must have been at least £16,572 a year which is basically a national minimum wage job today but what can you buy for £58,000 today? The 1 bedroom flat I live in is worth about £45,000 in county Durham. If my flat was in London it would probably be worth £750,000. No way can someone living in a very basic income be able to buy a house. New build estates near me, 3 bedroom houses are priced at nearly £200,000. Can a couple both working NMW 40 hours afford that? Not without a huge deposit which means they delay having a family which might mean they never have children. Or they rent they entire lives and be at the mercy of landlords who might decide to kick them out after 6 months or a year.
I’m curious about “the singles tax”. Is it because your country has fewer homes? Fewer tables in restaurant? More golf courses than apartment buildings? More estates that public properties? I suppose it seems arbitrary otherwise.
The idea is that things are priced with couples or groups in mind and that paying for 1 person is either not possible or 1 ticket cost $5 and 2 costs $8
@@babybluesky9238 I understand the idea, I’m asking what has made it so? Most of these type “taxes” have a root cause. Or many root causes. Does it have to do with lack of space or more to do with stagnant wages?
@@patticriss2238 I believe it's mostly an immergent property of the economic system we use - goods and services trend towards what will be more profitable; sometimes it will make direct commercial sense to do it this way, other times it will simply be "because the market will bear it"
To the caller about his son's dog attack. My heart as a mother goes out to this father. My 1st question was WHERE IS THE OWNER. Dogs don't attack naturally. They are "Pack Animals" like socialization. This OWNER & FAMILY didn't train the dog properly & now people are talking about putting the dog down. STOP BLAMING THE DOGS BLAME OWNERS🐶
It isn't always the owner's fault though it sometimes usually is in that they shouldn't own such a dog as a pet. Bully XLs are guard dogs. They are breed to attack. It is in their makeup.
@@daviniarobbins9298 I agree. When a dog is breed for security. People start off with the "cute puppy" then get bored & don't the training immediately. I wish their was a test for dog ownership🐶
Was prepared to listen to Lewis and like this video, until the clip on Gaza, he was two faced asking the caller to admit that a life is a life, but yet is willing to forget but the thousand of Palestinian lives!
I agree with the first guy. Everyone says everything is so expensive well if thats the case people should have to show their bank statements & then we can see exactly where the money is going. I boufht a car for £600 & it's great. You dont need to finance , credit cards etc. This is why they can't afford anything.
@@minimox6373 83 actually. Why do you say that? Makes total sense. Or living within your means. It's the main reason I haven't had children. They are very expensive & I don't feel it's the responsibility of the state to pay for my children.
Sorry but this is nonsense. With the new mortgage rates, various insurances/bills ie council tax/water/car insurance, fuel, and energy bills and food inflation and childcare costs (which is going up again next year), mine and my husband's household bills have gone up by 860 over the past 2 years. We're not poor, we own our phones, cars, have pretty decent jobs (though I work part time now because childcare full time was nearly 1100 a month), but we make about 50k as a couple which is certainly not bad. But we can't help this insane increase, it's nothing we have done. People NEED Internet now, little kids NEED clothes and shoes every few months when they're growing and even on vinted it's not cheap to keep kitting them out. A luxury of the Cinema for 3 people now is 50 quid. We don't go abroad, we camp in the UK because we love it but even then, a weeks holiday (I work in a school so have to take holidays during school breaks) it's an easy 200-300 not taking into account fuel/food for the week/days out when you're on holiday.. I mean things are super expensive. Everyone knows this, we aren't all silly avocado eating moaning myrtles, we're young(ish) people trying to raise families in a time where salaries aren't rising anywhere near as fast as bills are. How people can't see that is beyond me.
To add, our mortgage is 170k, it's not massive. It's a 3 bed semi that needs a new roof. Not everyone is drinking coffee every 2 seconds from Starbucks.
Many Brits over fifty are still living in 1978, when UK workers earned enough to actually save money. Younger workers ALL fight debt. I'm 65 and I admire their bravery
25:54 sitting here with tears streaming down my face listening to the widower’s words… my partner died after an accident in September at the age of 33 and this Christmas has been tough but I feel her presence all the time and I send out my love to everyone else out there feeling the loss of someone
❤❤❤ Peace be with you friend.
I had tears also. What a wonderful marriage❤❤❤
Same here. What a lovely, lovely man with such a sad story. If you read that Sir - I'm with you, don't give up! ❤❤❤
His wage was equivalent to 27,000 today as a wage he says is terrible, that is highe rthan a starting salary after a masters degree, it is 7,000 over the minimum wage. Yet he's chastising people today what an entitled snowflake he is.
That woman crying about ULEZ is very melodramatic
If only there was a way to get shopping delivered…
Or if only there were 25 year old petrol cars available for as little as £500 that are ULEZ compliant (to be fair the caller clearly doesn't realise this, I would have loved to know whether her car was even subject to the charge).
@@PKWeaver74 14 years old car ULEZ compliant is £1600 from last I had a look... And I don't care about cars, never cared. Just what I could see on the market.
@@nothereandthereanywhere My 2.5l Toyota Previa was manufactured in 2003 and is ULEZ compliant, so is my 2004 Smart City Coupe.
That older man talking about his beloved wife had me in tears. Bless him.
They all seem to be angry about ANY tax they have to pay. But complain incessantly about lack of services. It’s insanity. Selfish, uneducated people.
Just like America.
Jnnjin
Tearly eyes while listening to John(Widower)and couldn't control myself as tears flows on my eyes
"Frightened by facts" made me LOL 😂
'Frightened by facts' gets you a shorter and more tragic life. If you stop learning and cannot understand 'change' then one has to ask why
@@loopwithers Err what? You either didn't listen to this, or stuff goes straight over your head 🤦♀️
@@imnotafascist Okay...this is interesting. What exactly did you mean when you commented "frightened by the facts"? I assumed that you were commenting on senior citizens responding in ways that implied that they had not continued to understand the narrative that the older world of jobs 'guaranteed for life' had given way to a newer world which we now live in where jobs are temporary - in just the same way that government ideology may also change within months.
@@loopwithers No. Lewis said that to the 1st or 2nd caller. Caller said Lewis was 'frightened' and Lewis shot back ''what, frightehed by facts?''. You didn't listen did you. HNY to you but leave me alone please.
@@imnotafascist totally happy to comply.
Lewis did the decent thing and let the caller talk through his grief without interruption.
That last caller is such a Tory Boomer it was harder in my day, crying out poor me, poor me Tory. Lewis displays the facts and still he can’t accept it.
Yeah, he doesn't seem to understand what he bought 30 years ago on one wage would take 4 wage earners now to buy the same house. Would you buy share a house with another couple? You would have to get on very well with them to do that. Would that work anyway? 2 couples with children from both? That is how crazy wages and house prices are right now.
Sharon's arguement that she's already paid tax on her money so why should she pay inheritance tax is completely simplistic. Pretty much everything you buy is taxed after you've paid income tax, VAT, VED, Council Tax, Fuel duty, Flight duty, Alcohol duty, Tobacco duty etc. Secondly a fair proportion of estates can be from unearned income from property and equities which is untaxed until disposal if at all with CGT relief. If she is that worried about IHT she should spend some, put it in trust or give some to her son at least seven years before she dies.
Couldn't agree more with the fact that young people are at the forefront of cost of living issues. Paying rent these days is a colossal part of income. Don't know how they manage.
I don't know how this presenter keeps so calm! I would lose my rag with so many appallingly ignorant and uneducated folk. Congratulations
As evidenced by your program, people are selfish, self-centered and completely devoid of compassion for others.
Except for that widower. Bless his heart.
@@erichardy32 agreed
Second guy defo been on Facebook listening to the bots
Let’s all raise a glass for Sharon as she’s worked ‘so hard’ 😂 deary me
All her life
Well, to be fair, she has already paid tax on that money.
Don’t know if you missed that.
And she doesn't like people getting handouts... Except her son
Can only imagine what kind of business Sharon runs if she's too thick to understand capital gains or simple tax codes. I imagine she thinks saying "I've paid tax all my life" is somehow the answer to every question
Shazza's circular discussion on inheritance tax was pretty funny.
Why on EARTH did Auntie 'get rid' of Goodall, Matlis and Sopel??? BBC's loss is Britain's GAIN!!! ❤❤❤
I generally agree with a lot of his points.. but this idea that America is an “ally” is a notion that needs to be seriously looked into.. it’s a one way street relationship and that’s not being an ally (again not talking about Ukraine etc.. just in general)
It does work both ways, however the US is far superior to the UK in almost every way from an economic, militaristic and geopolitical sense and so I do understand why it might not feel like it.
@@babybluesky9238 keep dreaming.. those days are long gone where it is anything but a two way street
Just look at how the American toxic influence has moved into our political system..
@@mh8826 we've been a declining power since long before the end of the war, I'm not sure why think the US in the 2020s is impacting things much.
Things happening today started much before today, which I think people here forget far too frequently.
@@babybluesky9238 oh I agree this isn’t a recent thing at all
That ignorant caller swallowed all the gove and Johnson lies and has not bothered to educate himself. How Lewis kept his cool was was admirable.
Welsh Dave is a bright one…
The widower has me crying in the middle of the office. Please add a NSFW tag to the video 😭
14:44 Is that really a business woman? Seems she doesn't understand the basic logic, nor the tax she had to always abide by - prior she has been born. Those haven't changed much tbh.
I said on another thread on this subject: I pay income tax on my earnings, then spend the remainder on bills and groceries. Should the shops and service providers be exempt from tax because the money I'm giving them has already been taxed once? In fact, by that line of reasoning, I shouldn't have to pay income tax either, assuming my employer has already paid tax on the corporate income before spending on employing me. Doesn't quite work, does it?
No one out pubs streets emtpy never known this before in my life
I think the caller at the end is deluded. For one wage earner to be able to afford a £250,000 house he or she needs to be earning at least £62,500 a year. The caller buying a house for £58,000 30 years ago his wage must have been at least £16,572 a year which is basically a national minimum wage job today but what can you buy for £58,000 today? The 1 bedroom flat I live in is worth about £45,000 in county Durham. If my flat was in London it would probably be worth £750,000. No way can someone living in a very basic income be able to buy a house. New build estates near me, 3 bedroom houses are priced at nearly £200,000. Can a couple both working NMW 40 hours afford that? Not without a huge deposit which means they delay having a family which might mean they never have children. Or they rent they entire lives and be at the mercy of landlords who might decide to kick them out after 6 months or a year.
Loved these exchanges. Now imagine teaching these people Lewis. Never any point arguing with dimwits matey. Whatever LBC are paying you ain’t enough
My children will be worse off than me, even though they are better educated and hard working, JUSt a FACT
Bob probably bought his house for500 pounds and his college education with a sausage roll
Did the king payed his inharitance tax?
The second callers mask slipped pretty quickly
I’m curious about “the singles tax”. Is it because your country has fewer homes? Fewer tables in restaurant? More golf courses than apartment buildings? More estates that public properties?
I suppose it seems arbitrary otherwise.
The idea is that things are priced with couples or groups in mind and that paying for 1 person is either not possible or 1 ticket cost $5 and 2 costs $8
@@babybluesky9238 I understand the idea, I’m asking what has made it so? Most of these type “taxes” have a root cause. Or many root causes. Does it have to do with lack of space or more to do with stagnant wages?
@@patticriss2238 I believe it's mostly an immergent property of the economic system we use - goods and services trend towards what will be more profitable; sometimes it will make direct commercial sense to do it this way, other times it will simply be "because the market will bear it"
To the caller about his son's dog attack. My heart as a mother goes out to this father. My 1st question was WHERE IS THE OWNER. Dogs don't attack naturally. They are "Pack Animals" like socialization. This OWNER & FAMILY didn't train the dog properly & now people are talking about putting the dog down. STOP BLAMING THE DOGS BLAME OWNERS🐶
It isn't always the owner's fault though it sometimes usually is in that they shouldn't own such a dog as a pet. Bully XLs are guard dogs. They are breed to attack. It is in their makeup.
@@daviniarobbins9298 I agree. When a dog is breed for security. People start off with the "cute puppy" then get bored & don't the training immediately. I wish their was a test for dog ownership🐶
A life is not a life‼️
The majority of these callers haven’t got a clue. It reminds me of how Brexit came to be and why we have had a disastrous 14 years of Tory rule.
Was prepared to listen to Lewis and like this video, until the clip on Gaza, he was two faced asking the caller to admit that a life is a life, but yet is willing to forget but the thousand of Palestinian lives!
Disgusting
I agree with the first guy. Everyone says everything is so expensive well if thats the case people should have to show their bank statements & then we can see exactly where the money is going. I boufht a car for £600 & it's great. You dont need to finance , credit cards etc. This is why they can't afford anything.
I'm assuming 1537 was the year you were born, Mike? Things have changed a lot since then.
@@minimox6373 83 actually. Why do you say that? Makes total sense. Or living within your means. It's the main reason I haven't had children. They are very expensive & I don't feel it's the responsibility of the state to pay for my children.
Sorry but this is nonsense. With the new mortgage rates, various insurances/bills ie council tax/water/car insurance, fuel, and energy bills and food inflation and childcare costs (which is going up again next year), mine and my husband's household bills have gone up by 860 over the past 2 years.
We're not poor, we own our phones, cars, have pretty decent jobs (though I work part time now because childcare full time was nearly 1100 a month), but we make about 50k as a couple which is certainly not bad. But we can't help this insane increase, it's nothing we have done. People NEED Internet now, little kids NEED clothes and shoes every few months when they're growing and even on vinted it's not cheap to keep kitting them out.
A luxury of the Cinema for 3 people now is 50 quid. We don't go abroad, we camp in the UK because we love it but even then, a weeks holiday (I work in a school so have to take holidays during school breaks) it's an easy 200-300 not taking into account fuel/food for the week/days out when you're on holiday.. I mean things are super expensive. Everyone knows this, we aren't all silly avocado eating moaning myrtles, we're young(ish) people trying to raise families in a time where salaries aren't rising anywhere near as fast as bills are.
How people can't see that is beyond me.
To add, our mortgage is 170k, it's not massive. It's a 3 bed semi that needs a new roof. Not everyone is drinking coffee every 2 seconds from Starbucks.
@@kdog4587 I would never have children as can't afford them.
Oh dear... I was quite impressed with Lewis until he outlined his simplistic and.. frankly... ignorant... position on Ukraine....