This is the image that will define this war - 165 young Iranian girls, killed while at school, who are mere ‘collateral damage’ to an out of control US-Israeli war machine.
@FraserNelson This individual is leaving due to a tax loop he’s been exploiting being closed. Why were wealthy people under non-dom status allowed to get away with paying less tax relative to working people?
@1985GaryRob@implausibleblog@Roberts_Mark_ This idea is a scare tactic, the vast majority of wealthy people who would be taxed under the proposal aren't going to uproot their families, businesses and lives to avoid slightly more tax. If they own & profit massively from UK assets they should be taxed accordingly.
Welfare and benefits are not and never have been “handouts” and no left wing person needs to accept that framing. They are your entitlement as a citizen and dignified memeber of our society. The acknowledgment that none of us are better off for having people around us struggle.
Wealth flight is anecdotal hyperbole, people who have established families, businesses and assets in the UK are not all going to up sticks and leave. If you own and massively profit passively from assets in the UK you should pay your fair share on those assets.
It sounds like the UK Labour Government have already decided that a Wealth Tax will be implemented.
They are now busy pumping the social media to get the policy popular enough so that it is applauded when it is inevitably introduced.
It's not a coincidence.
The problem with a wealth tax that takes 2% or whatever of the supposed "net worth" of a person is that the second order impacts are severe, and valuing intangible/volatile wealth in the form of things like stock is going to open a giant can of worms.
The net take of £24 Billion a year is <2% of the Government Budget and does not account for the impact of wealth flight or the downward pressure on UK Company valuations from owners having to sell stock.
Collecting the £24 Billion a year is a great headline if you ignore the 10x negative impact on the value of everyone's pensions and the UK Economy.
5 minutes of watching Gary’s channel and you would learn he is calling for reducing income tax for working people and taxing wealth. Taxing the wealth of multimillionaires & billionaires who have huge amounts of assets.
‘Tax the Rich’ - people like Gary Stevenson banging this drum
Well did you know that a £150k earner pays £53,460 in income tax, but… A £25k earner pays just £2,486
How’s it fair to tax the rich more, when they are ALREADY taxed (a LOT more)
And WHY are we forcing all these millionaires out of the U.K?
The solution is to STOP wasting the taxpayer money the govt. already gets!
And it takes 21 £25k earners to generate the same tax revenue as ONE £150k earner
Stop hating & jumping on the bandwagon of ‘Tax the Rich’ & start holding the govt. to account on how they spend (waste) taxpayer money
@beneco700 @MrRossForster The rich fleeing is baseless lie to frighten people, taxation that prevents the transfer of wealth and assets from the working and middle classes to the super rich is the most effective way to stop the majority of people slipping into poverty.
@therealbigjonno@ewangibbs The company’s and businesses that have tested 4 day working weeks have had increased productivity and happiness while rates of worker turnover and burnout have decreased. It is demonstrably a good thing for workers and company’s. https://t.co/NJyFdpArOO
Incredible ! Over 100 residents from lower Ormeau have intercepted the anti-immigration parade and chased them from the area. Chants of nazi scum @BelTel
National Service
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What about the Nations service to our 18yr olds? What they’ve been through.
A Gen that lost the best years of their lives.
They can’t afford to rent.
Can’t afford food. Punitive tuition fees. Probably won’t earn more than their parents… #bbcqt
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