If we need money for anything in the UK, hit the 1% they are 3x richer now than in 2010. While everyone else is poorer. There is no excuse to cut anything. - ThreadSky

bladeofthes.bsky.social • 4 days ago

If we need money for anything in the UK, hit the 1% they are 3x richer now than in 2010.

While everyone else is poorer.

There is no excuse to cut anything.

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sb4jb.bsky.social•4 days ago

Taxes are going up in France for everyone, but anyone earning over 250,000€ (500,000€ for a couple) is going to pay an extra 3% (4% over a million) just for 2025. View is the people with the deepest pockets can pay a bit more as a one off to help the country. 🇫🇷

steaphainmann.bsky.social•4 days ago

If the Inland Revenue were staffed appropriately & went after individual & corporate tax avoiders & evaders. Our public services would be much better. Tax the avoiders & evaders!

incompleteness.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good call - austerity has obviously been a disaster - was obviously going to be

dirtyboy69.bsky.social•4 days ago

But you can't take from the rich, their companies will leave the country, jobs will get lost. We also need their money for investment. And the rich - my boss, my company - they are the good guys, they are my family.
And those were the typical answers you will get when suggesting to tax the rich.

pacer8288.bsky.social•4 days ago

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purebaltic.bsky.social•4 days ago

All of which is bollocks.

dirtyboy69.bsky.social•4 days ago

But far too many people think that way, and the right wing fraction capitalizes on it.

purebaltic.bsky.social•4 days ago

Of course they do, that's what the propaganda is for.

We don't need rich peoples tax, we have a currency issuing govt.

If rich people want to leave, kick them up the arse on the way out.

dirtyboy69.bsky.social•4 days ago

In theory, yes. But practically speaking people don't vote for those people who actually would bring changes. Also no one else really supports them, from journalists to public officials, because they are afraid to loose their positions. So currently everything is a little bit of a lost cause.

purebaltic.bsky.social•4 days ago

In practice too. That's how the money system works.

The media does the job it's told to do - support and promote the cultural hegemony.

We can't vote ourselves out of the neoliberal grip, it won't be permitted.

purebaltic.bsky.social•4 days ago

Still pushing the Thatcherite "there's no such thing as public money, there's only taxpayers money" bullshit.

Different day, same grifting bullshit.

haggisherder.bsky.social•4 days ago

Same in the US. Nothing would need to be cut if the super wealthy paid their fair share of taxes.

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