Investing in defence matters, but not through cutting aid to the most vulnerable or squeezing already overstretched budgets.
There is another option: asking the wealthiest to contribute more. I challenged the Prime Minister on why that’s not on the table.
There is another option: asking the wealthiest to contribute more. I challenged the Prime Minister on why that’s not on the table.
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Defence would be nearer the bottom of my list.
#TaxTheRich
China, for example.
Taxes do not fund government spending – they withdraw money from the economy that has been injected by government spending. The challenge is finding the real resources, not the money.
It's not enough, not fast enough, and it should be funded from a wealth tax (not by diverting money from the International Aid Budget).