  Bankers' pay  Round three  The annual ding-dong over bank
bonuses is under way  See article  Readers' comments    steve
johnson  Although ‘How do you make the Banking system safe?’ is
a very important question, it should be considered separately
from the matter of bonuses for bankers.  Socially, and perhaps
politically, the key question is ‘Are we prepared to accept that
some people may earn £1m pa or more as employees when average
earnings are around £25K pa‘ If not the Government should act,
or face electoral consequences.  In my view the Government
should introduce a tax to be paid by all companies or
organisations who pay employees over a threshold limit. (£1m,
£500K?).  The advantage would be The taxation would not single
out a particular industry No extra personal high rate tax would
be required Companies would easily avoid the tax by not paying
any employees over the threshold limit But they could pay it if
they felt the higher salaries were essential.   What's the pount
talking about bonuses. We, th