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By *hirley OP   Man
8 weeks ago

London

New episode I listened to today. I recommend watching if you have an hour. (I listened to it on Spotify in the car, but if you don't have a subscription and want to watch for free)

https://youtu.be/oO25ZkMjG10?si=8dqFVL18Zhaq58pT

Been a listener to this podcast channel for a couple of years and think they're a less radical version of martin lewis to be honest😅. I can't really call them a dedicated political channel as such. However they do occasionally have politically motivated guests on, who are usually very intelligent, great servants to their field of expertise, and bring insightful information that anyone can understand if they listen to them.

Dan is very interesting if you value the importance of taxes on the economy and social structure of a country, as much as I do. Although I've seen him about for years, namely on twitter, I rate quite a few of the points he makes here, but disagree with how he downplays the importance of wealth taxes of course.

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By *deepdiveMan
8 weeks ago

manchester


"New episode I listened to today. I recommend watching if you have an hour. (I listened to it on Spotify in the car, but if you don't have a subscription and want to watch for free)

https://youtu.be/oO25ZkMjG10?si=8dqFVL18Zhaq58pT

Been a listener to this podcast channel for a couple of years and think they're a less radical version of martin lewis to be honest😅. I can't really call them a dedicated political channel as such. However they do occasionally have politically motivated guests on, who are usually very intelligent, great servants to their field of expertise, and bring insightful information that anyone can understand if they listen to them.

Dan is very interesting if you value the importance of taxes on the economy and social structure of a country, as much as I do. Although I've seen him about for years, namely on twitter, I rate quite a few of the points he makes here, but disagree with how he downplays the importance of wealth taxes of course."

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By *hirley OP   Man
8 weeks ago

London


"New episode I listened to today. I recommend watching if you have an hour. (I listened to it on Spotify in the car, but if you don't have a subscription and want to watch for free)

https://youtu.be/oO25ZkMjG10?si=8dqFVL18Zhaq58pT

Been a listener to this podcast channel for a couple of years and think they're a less radical version of martin lewis to be honest😅. I can't really call them a dedicated political channel as such. However they do occasionally have politically motivated guests on, who are usually very intelligent, great servants to their field of expertise, and bring insightful information that anyone can understand if they listen to them.

Dan is very interesting if you value the importance of taxes on the economy and social structure of a country, as much as I do. Although I've seen him about for years, namely on twitter, I rate quite a few of the points he makes here, but disagree with how he downplays the importance of wealth taxes of course.

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Did you listen to it?

He practically said that the government (the majority of whom, that are meritocratically positioned as MPs) know what needs to be done. This likely means labour, cons, libs etc all know what tax policies need to be enabled, to stimulate economic growth and stabilise the country, but they're so unpopular or forgettable that they know it's political suicide.

My point is that if this is the case, why do we elect a government if they're unwilling to do what's right or what's needed, if they're just out to 'look good' and save the party they're associated above anything else?

It's total anarchy

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By *hirley OP   Man
8 weeks ago

London

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By *hirley OP   Man
8 weeks ago

London

*** Just to clarify; I personally don't think many MPs are meritocratically awarded their positions, especially lately. I only see a bunch of people born into privilege, in nearly every seat of the commons. Don't get me started on the house of lords ***

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By *ellhungvweMan
8 weeks ago

Cheltenham

I am not going to listen to the podcast - what does he say should be done?

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By *exyornotMan
8 weeks ago

halifax

Wealth taxes dont work, neither does a high tax economy-oh and neither does non dom changes as her from accounts is finding out


"New episode I listened to today. I recommend watching if you have an hour. (I listened to it on Spotify in the car, but if you don't have a subscription and want to watch for free)

https://youtu.be/oO25ZkMjG10?si=8dqFVL18Zhaq58pT

Been a listener to this podcast channel for a couple of years and think they're a less radical version of martin lewis to be honest😅. I can't really call them a dedicated political channel as such. However they do occasionally have politically motivated guests on, who are usually very intelligent, great servants to their field of expertise, and bring insightful information that anyone can understand if they listen to them.

Dan is very interesting if you value the importance of taxes on the economy and social structure of a country, as much as I do. Although I've seen him about for years, namely on twitter, I rate quite a few of the points he makes here, but disagree with how he downplays the importance of wealth taxes of course."

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By *hirley OP   Man
8 weeks ago

London


"I am not going to listen to the podcast - what does he say should be done?"

Why say "I'm not going to listen" and then want to know what was said

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By *hirley OP   Man
8 weeks ago

London


"Wealth taxes dont work, neither does a high tax economy-oh and neither does non dom changes as her from accounts is finding out

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Didn't watch it either I can see.

Would like to know if you can provide some information or context about what you state as undeniable though?

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By *ellhungvweMan
8 weeks ago

Cheltenham


"I am not going to listen to the podcast - what does he say should be done?

Why say "I'm not going to listen" and then want to know what was said "

I don’t listen to podcasts. Simple.

It’s usually considered beneficial to actually post the insights on a forum if you want people to engage with you - the lack of traffic on this thread should be a bit of a heads up

That’s basic 101 marketing type stuff - does he cover that?

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By *ornucopiaMan
8 weeks ago

Bexley

I don't have an hour to waste on worrying about the UK's economic outlook!

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By *hirley OP   Man
8 weeks ago

London


"I am not going to listen to the podcast - what does he say should be done?

Why say "I'm not going to listen" and then want to know what was said

I don’t listen to podcasts. Simple.

It’s usually considered beneficial to actually post the insights on a forum if you want people to engage with you - the lack of traffic on this thread should be a bit of a heads up

That’s basic 101 marketing type stuff - does he cover that?"

That's ok then. But your first post it's just a bit contradicting, if you don't want to see that then ok.

I wanted to share something I found interesting, with some reliable content of someone who is knowledgeable, i.e. actually works in that field. I don't, so my explanation will likely lack enough detail and lose the definition of points because it's not my experience, yet I'm intelligent enough to understand it.

If someone wants to interact about my post, then thats fine, but not really my purpose of it 🤷‍♂️ besides, since when has the politics section been a popularity contest? Lol

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By *rDiscretionXXXMan
8 weeks ago

Gilfach


"I am not going to listen to the podcast - what does he say should be done?"


"Why say "I'm not going to listen" and then want to know what was said"


"I don’t listen to podcasts. Simple.

It’s usually considered beneficial to actually post the insights on a forum if you want people to engage with you - the lack of traffic on this thread should be a bit of a heads up

That’s basic 101 marketing type stuff - does he cover that?"


"That's ok then. But your first post it's just a bit contradicting, if you don't want to see that then ok.

I wanted to share something I found interesting ..."

But you didn't share something you found interesting, you just plonked a link in with no explanation, and told us to go watch it for ourselves.

If you'd given us a clue as to what was discussed in the video, and why you found it interesting, some of us might have gone to watch it.

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By *hirley OP   Man
8 weeks ago

London


"I am not going to listen to the podcast - what does he say should be done?

Why say "I'm not going to listen" and then want to know what was said

I don’t listen to podcasts. Simple.

It’s usually considered beneficial to actually post the insights on a forum if you want people to engage with you - the lack of traffic on this thread should be a bit of a heads up

That’s basic 101 marketing type stuff - does he cover that?

That's ok then. But your first post it's just a bit contradicting, if you don't want to see that then ok.

I wanted to share something I found interesting ...

But you didn't share something you found interesting, you just plonked a link in with no explanation, and told us to go watch it for ourselves.

If you'd given us a clue as to what was discussed in the video, and why you found it interesting, some of us might have gone to watch it."

Don't watch it then

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By *uddy laneMan
8 weeks ago

dudley

I have to say I don't click on random u tube links, it totally screws up my doom scroll algorithm.

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By *ichaeltontineMan
8 weeks ago

SWANSEA

Capitalim

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By *uffolkcouple-bi onlyCouple
8 weeks ago

Between Sudbury n Haverhill

It’s very difficult to be unbiased when talking about the economy and the impact of tax levels and government spending. I think the only way to not be totally biased is to put both sides, but emphasis and tonality will still reflect the speakers personal opinions.

I’m happy to listen to anyone’s opinions, but you don’t get to my age without forming strong opinions of your own that are based on factual experience of the policies of governments on both sides of the political spectrum.

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By *teinsGateDuoCouple
8 weeks ago

Newcastle under Lyme

They could raise taxes on us all very easily if they simply protected the border and stopped issuing visas to foreigners like candy.

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By *uffolkcouple-bi onlyCouple
8 weeks ago

Between Sudbury n Haverhill


"They could raise taxes on us all very easily if they simply protected the border and stopped issuing visas to foreigners like candy."

If they did that they wouldn’t have to raise taxes

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By *hirley OP   Man
7 weeks ago

London


"It’s very difficult to be unbiased when talking about the economy and the impact of tax levels and government spending. I think the only way to not be totally biased is to put both sides, but emphasis and tonality will still reflect the speakers personal opinions.

I’m happy to listen to anyone’s opinions, but you don’t get to my age without forming strong opinions of your own that are based on factual experience of the policies of governments on both sides of the political spectrum. "

I don't see how tax policy is all that subjective, or how it can be easily attributable to any form of ideologies. The media billionaire families have made it seem like it is polarised like that maybe, their reach is far and wide, more than ever.

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By *hirley OP   Man
7 weeks ago

London

I will also add that I made the title of this thread more relevant to what the content of that video talks about than the YouTube title being; why wealth taxes fail. Mainly because any YouTuber worth their salt these days tends to chose more click baity type titles and they don't actually talk about wealth taxes all that much imo for it to be called that anyway

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