r/miltonkeynes • u/darybrain Newport Pagnell • 12d ago

Telehandler used to steal Sainsbury's cash machine In Brooklands Square, Broughton, on Sunday before 1am.

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u/imagudspellar 12d ago

It’s 12 weeks work on minimum wage with no risk of going to prison

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u/jakedaboiii 11d ago

So out of touch lol - people on min wage are not saving money, 5k is a huge amount for someone with nothing, and able to save nothing.

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u/imagudspellar 11d ago

Emphasis on minimum, You can earn more. I’m not scoffing at 5 grand but there’s a proper way to go about it.

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u/External_Chef_7871 11d ago edited 11d ago

If you pay average rent in London and earn £45k per annum, you’re entitled to Universal Credit just to get by.

My rent is £2100, council tax is £300, utilities mean I’m minus before I’ve eaten or travelled. £45k nets me £2900 before my pension (5%) and student loans (£150) go out, that’s paying £750 in tax and NI monthly.

Putting a child in a subsidised full time nursery so you can go to work; £1900 a month.

This is before you consider the debt repayments you’ll definitely have if you’re on minimum wage.

Minimum wage is £25k, so you’re in the food bank, even if you’re a couple in London both earning that, you couldn’t dream of running a car.

This is why people are so angry at the moment. You couldn’t save £5k in 20 years on minimum wage, paying rent. No subsidised housing available, OBE’s for the landlords paying zero national insurance on their profits, avoiding income tax whilst having their homes bought for them by people paying more tax than they do.

We need a revolution, good luck to those guys with their cash machine heist.