[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by ianch99

This is a very childish retort. I have no need to be jealous, I am more than comfortable in terms of my personal wealth. However, you seem to regard those who clearly have accrued disproportionate amounts of (mostly unearned) wealth as somehow immune from contributing at the same level as the rest of us. This either means you are one of them or you have an irrational need to shill on their behalf.

I draw the distinction between people dragged into "wealth" by fiscal drag and the mega-wealthy. Btw, I don't think we should overtax the mega-wealthy lest we drive them away, taking their investment with them.

It's a complicated matter, but at the heart of it is the lack of economic growth in the UK and thus a (shitty) government scrabbling for treasury income.

I'm certain about the politics of envy - the have-nots versus the have-so-much. But the people at the bottom of the "wealth" tree are not the have-so-much people. IHT is an unfair blunt instrument.

We both crave good government but, alas, the present bunch of lying toad politicians are not going to deliver economic growth.