Hey, listen, I'm all in favor of helping the less fortunate and lowering the wage distribution gap, but the moment you place a cap and say that's it, no more for you, is the moment you scare the upper class right out of your country.

Those industrious entrepreneurs who aspire to becoming millionaires or billionaires would take their drive and job creating enterprises to a country in which free market forces are allowed to flourish and where the rewards for the most capable are commensurate with their personal ability.

In a society where earning restrictions are imposed artificially in an effort to close the so called pay gap it's the working man who looses out as this form of leftist shallow thinking triggers a ''brain & talent drain'' where those who create wealth and employment all take a hike somewhere else.

Why go to college? Why become a doctor? And with this thinking, healthcare quality goes through the floor. You wouldn't have doctors, and who you would have wouldn't be the best. This is why Socialism is mindless stupidity. You'd have to force people to do jobs that pay well in a capitalistic model. And that in itself isn't "equality". This model encourages totalitarian control by the state.

However it could demotivate people from working harder especially those who would be directly affected by the wage cap. It would also mean that the govt will make less money from taxes due to the cap

Companies should be forced to annually display their pay ratios as in the difference between top salaries down to the lower end ; I'm all in favour of people being rewarded for high achieving and bringing excellence to the work place but what about the opposite ?

During our European recession top executives were still given increases in salary and bankers who destroyed my country were given bonuses ; the average Joe had his wages slashed across the board by 40 per cent and more , workers wages have not got back in line with wages before the recession 8 year ago yet all the time top salaries rose to the ones who destroyed the country .

First of all, the super rich aren't paid a wage at all. They make their money through investments, corporations, lending and other means. As a result, any cap on wages will simply increase the gap between the rich and the super rich.

Further, those earning over 150k a year already pay 45% tax. When you think about how wages are distributed; based on the apparent value of the individual's contribution to the organization, it becomes clear there is no fairer system. Those who work their way to the top generally work themselves to death. They have skills and qualifications those earning less don't have and are providing something that those paid less cannot. See also the Pareto principle: 80% of contribution comes from 20% of sources. We should let the market decide the relative value of an individual's labor, for that is the only way we can fairly and correctly estimate it's relative worth.

There goes the EPL right down the drain. No decent soccer player would play in England when they are being paid peanuts compared to Italy, Spain, or Germany.