Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
The last point is valid, but comes up against the same old problem governments have had for the last 100 years ; you can tax the rich as much as you want, but there aren't enough of them to make any difference. You can't tax the 'poor', ie those below the tax threshold, receiving benefits, so the burden ends up on the middle class, which really means anyone else, including probably 95% of us on here.
That is true because they have managed to brainwash people into thinking that tax = income tax. Obscene inherited generational wealth is barely touched whilst every penny the average person (earning 20k or 200k) earns from employment is scrutinised.