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"It just shocks me that the General Public are so laissez faire about the massive surge in the super rich over the last two years." And if the public did care (too busy living real lives I would guess) - what exactly would/could they do? Jeremy Corbyn has double the wealth of Boris Johnson - Scarlett Johansen sued Disney because she only made $143 Million from her latest film. Online 'influencers' doing 'here look at my make-up from whatever company' is a billion $ industry just in the UK. All the politicians who are here for the little guy are rich beyond any dream any little guy could ever muster. People don't care because it doesn't matter to their everyday lives. It's just some random fantastical number pulled out of the sky on a red top tabloid. Envy journalism at its finest. | |||
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"https://news.sky.com/story/labour-leader-sir-keir-starmer-would-back-wealth-taxes-to-fund-social-care-reform-but-refuses-to-reveal-plan-12403176 "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer would 'back wealth taxes' to fund social care reform but refuses to reveal plan The Labour leader has been criticised by his own party for failing to offer an alternative to the government's social care reform plans." Starmer: 'The Plan is: I don't have one'. Baldrick: 'That's a very cunning plan indeed, Sir!' " Have Labour announced that they will reverse this plan if they win power yet | |||
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"https://news.sky.com/story/labour-leader-sir-keir-starmer-would-back-wealth-taxes-to-fund-social-care-reform-but-refuses-to-reveal-plan-12403176 "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer would 'back wealth taxes' to fund social care reform but refuses to reveal plan The Labour leader has been criticised by his own party for failing to offer an alternative to the government's social care reform plans." Starmer: 'The Plan is: I don't have one'. Baldrick: 'That's a very cunning plan indeed, Sir!' Have Labour announced that they will reverse this plan if they win power yet" Nope. | |||
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"It just shocks me that the General Public are so laissez faire about the massive surge in the super rich over the last two years. And if the public did care (too busy living real lives I would guess) - what exactly would/could they do? Jeremy Corbyn has double the wealth of Boris Johnson - Scarlett Johansen sued Disney because she only made $143 Million from her latest film. Online 'influencers' doing 'here look at my make-up from whatever company' is a billion $ industry just in the UK. All the politicians who are here for the little guy are rich beyond any dream any little guy could ever muster. People don't care because it doesn't matter to their everyday lives. It's just some random fantastical number pulled out of the sky on a red top tabloid. Envy journalism at its finest. " Ordinary people are now being taxed at the highest level since WW2 and the richest in society have the lowest tax burden that they have ever had. It has been ordinary people who have suffered more than anyone over the last two years and it would and should be perfectly reasonable for those who have made tens of millions (and more) during the pandemic to give a little bit more. It would make absolutely no material difference to their wealth. | |||
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"It just shocks me that the General Public are so laissez faire about the massive surge in the super rich over the last two years." Yes footballers getting massive paycheques, racing drivers making a fortune and residing in Monaco so they don’t pay any taxes, influencers making a mint out of the the gullible. But people still go on supporting them | |||
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"It just shocks me that the General Public are so laissez faire about the massive surge in the super rich over the last two years." "the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires" | |||
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"https://news.sky.com/story/labour-leader-sir-keir-starmer-would-back-wealth-taxes-to-fund-social-care-reform-but-refuses-to-reveal-plan-12403176 "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer would 'back wealth taxes' to fund social care reform but refuses to reveal plan The Labour leader has been criticised by his own party for failing to offer an alternative to the government's social care reform plans." Starmer: 'The Plan is: I don't have one'. Baldrick: 'That's a very cunning plan indeed, Sir!' Have Labour announced that they will reverse this plan if they win power yet Nope. " Seems a missed opportunity. If the opposition parties are against it and believe lots of voters are against it then simply pledge to reverse it | |||
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"It's only the Labour Politicians that already sit in the upper house and the only way that they are going to shape the future of governmental policy in this country for the foreseeable future." No need to panic as starmer has said the answer is to tax landlords instead- good idea or problematic | |||
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"It's only the Labour Politicians that already sit in the upper house and the only way that they are going to shape the future of governmental policy in this country for the foreseeable future. No need to panic as starmer has said the answer is to tax landlords instead- good idea or problematic" lol. A random stab at a policy? Yea co's landlords are just the absolute goldmine of possible funding. Charge the Landlords more tax watch rents go through the roof! | |||
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"It's only the Labour Politicians that already sit in the upper house and the only way that they are going to shape the future of governmental policy in this country for the foreseeable future. No need to panic as starmer has said the answer is to tax landlords instead- good idea or problematic lol. A random stab at a policy? Yea co's landlords are just the absolute goldmine of possible funding. Charge the Landlords more tax watch rents go through the roof!" I'm sure those renting will be full of praise to see that happen. Of course some get their rent subsided if on benefits which means the government of the day would have to pay for the increased rents that they created. What's not to like lol | |||
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"It's only the Labour Politicians that already sit in the upper house and the only way that they are going to shape the future of governmental policy in this country for the foreseeable future. No need to panic as starmer has said the answer is to tax landlords instead- good idea or problematic lol. A random stab at a policy? Yea co's landlords are just the absolute goldmine of possible funding. Charge the Landlords more tax watch rents go through the roof!" As a landlord I can guarantee that if my tax burden was to increase purely because I was a landlord, then that cost would be passed on to my tenants. Why should I shoulder the extra cost? Furthermore, there's every chance I'd just empty my properties and sell them, as would many other landlords. Not a route any government would want to go down! | |||
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"It's only the Labour Politicians that already sit in the upper house and the only way that they are going to shape the future of governmental policy in this country for the foreseeable future. No need to panic as starmer has said the answer is to tax landlords instead- good idea or problematic lol. A random stab at a policy? Yea co's landlords are just the absolute goldmine of possible funding. Charge the Landlords more tax watch rents go through the roof! As a landlord I can guarantee that if my tax burden was to increase purely because I was a landlord, then that cost would be passed on to my tenants. Why should I shoulder the extra cost? Furthermore, there's every chance I'd just empty my properties and sell them, as would many other landlords. Not a route any government would want to go down!" May free up properties for people looking to buy and get off the cycle of ridiculous rents | |||
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"It's only the Labour Politicians that already sit in the upper house and the only way that they are going to shape the future of governmental policy in this country for the foreseeable future. No need to panic as starmer has said the answer is to tax landlords instead- good idea or problematic lol. A random stab at a policy? Yea co's landlords are just the absolute goldmine of possible funding. Charge the Landlords more tax watch rents go through the roof! As a landlord I can guarantee that if my tax burden was to increase purely because I was a landlord, then that cost would be passed on to my tenants. Why should I shoulder the extra cost? Furthermore, there's every chance I'd just empty my properties and sell them, as would many other landlords. Not a route any government would want to go down!" | |||
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"but this would surely cause rents/house prices to be reduced and brextremists promised cheaper homes as a plus point. so what's the problem. " Yawn, yawn... your bitterness is ugly | |||
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"Loss of rental properties actually pushes prices up. " Yep, simple supply and demand. Also more money has to be paid out in benefits to cover those that can claim for rent. | |||
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"but this would surely cause rents/house prices to be reduced and brextremists promised cheaper homes as a plus point. so what's the problem. " not sure in the history of the world that a reduction in supply has resulted in prices dropping - maybe there are some examples but i don’t think it’s the norm. | |||
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