Re: The Chronicles of Rishi
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Originally Posted by Chris
Are you though? Because that phrase is routinely misused so as to make it seem those who argue for fairer taxes think the revenue might be used to provide them with the same yachts, holidays in St Tropez and Range Rover Velars as the very comfortably off enjoy. When in fact, what we typically think is that those who have benefited from getting rich in the UK should pay a reasonable amount towards keeping the UK working. You know, things like making sure hospitals don’t have 8-hour ambulance queues outside them, or schools whose roofs aren’t falling in. Maybe even a modern rail line that extends more than 100 miles from the capital.
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Well, yes. IHT is not the mechanism for achieving this.
The term "politics of envy" is no less fuzzy than the term "wealth". Yet we all use those terms.
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